Ask HN: What are the biggest causes for procrastination on software development?

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It depends on the context. Personally, the trigger points are:

- ever evolving problem domain research manifesting as architectural doubt

- underspecification

- unforeseen integration issues with host API or environment (pattern collision, resource collision)

- F.O.M.O i.e. ego corrupted view of the problem

- cognitive fatigue

I’m sure the list is as endless and diverse as the people who make software...

thanks! my point on it is related to when you really get stuck, stopped maybe overthinking. Your first point is also one common I see, related to architectural doubt.

Does anyone know why this post does not appear on "ask" section? I thought it was just needed to start it with "Ask HN:" on submit.

Ask seems to get updated in batches. Maybe the mods curate them or something?

Thanks! I didn't know about that. Now it is listed.

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