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Ask HN: What Should I Do With One Hour Of Free Time Per Day?

by tronium on 6/10/14, 12:52 PM with 7 comments

I have approximately 1 hour of free time scheduled in during my very busy summer, and I'm wondering what sort of productive/programming/money-making thing(s) I should spend my time on? For instance, is that enough time to say, develop an app fully in during the summer?
  • by JSeymourATL on 6/10/14, 3:15 PM

    Borrowing from Richard Hamming via Paul Graham--

    * What are the most important problems in your field?

    * Are you working on one of them?

    * Why not?

  • by wikwocket on 6/10/14, 2:51 PM

    An hour a day all summer is enough time to develop an app. However I am not sure this qualifies as "productive" or "money-making!"

    In seriousness, it depends a lot on where you are in your life, and what your goals are. I would give very different advice to a student on summer break than I would to someone in the working world and with a family.

  • by seven on 6/10/14, 1:30 PM

    You mentioned that your summer will be very busy, so how about using that one hour a day to just relax?! :)
  • by ShaneCurran on 6/10/14, 8:28 PM

    If you're busy all summer, relax for that one hour a day. :) Take a walk, go for a cycle, have fun!
  • by Raphmedia on 6/10/14, 1:30 PM

    Learn something new. Spend one hour a day messing with code. Or watching up to 2 or 3 video tutorials. Or reading one hour of a programming book a day.
  • by dubiousSwain on 6/10/14, 1:00 PM

    You most definitely have enough time to develop an app