We treat our brains like CPUs, assuming that if we keep the utilization at 100%, we are being "optimized." But unlike a server, your brain doesn't just process tasks it builds mental models. Those models require background processing time, and we are currently starving them.
The Context Switching Trap
In software, we know that context switching is the enemy of performance. Yet, as developers, we are the worst offenders:
We context switch between Jira, Slack, Email, and IDEs every 10 minutes.
We fill every "thought gap" with consumption (podcasts, scrolling, documentation) instead of letting our subconscious resolve complex architectural problems.
