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New comment by maxvij in "Productive Procrastination"

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:29:51 +0000

> That said, I'm not sure about the novelty thing. I'd rate the greatest long term project in my life as being staying fit, athletic, and healthy as I near 50, in spite of some horrible injuries and setbacks, and remaining thus far in a reasonably happy marriage. In both of those pursuits, novelty is almost the anthesis to success.

You're right that long-term goals such as these don't thrive on novelty at all. I suppose they fall in a different category, more of a commitment than a one-off project to be procrastinated about.

For me personally, I have similar goals, and I'm not struggling with procrastinating my fitness-related tasks at all. It's an interesting insight, now that I think about it. Would that be because I have a long-term goal in mind? Because I know it's important to my health?

New comment by maxvij in "Productive Procrastination"

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:23:19 +0000

I suppose Figma is a good tool for that as well! Glad to hear a positive response to the interaction!

New comment by maxvij in "Productive Procrastination"

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:20:42 +0000

I see why this response came to be, but I just wanted to briefly annotate that this was not my intended point at all.

I'm not obsessed with being productive at all, it's just something that has been on my mind - and I'm interested in the psychology of it. Many of my days are filled with non-productive activities which I thoroughly enjoy. I just don't write about it on my profession-related blog. So I guess it's all about the context.

New comment by maxvij in "Productive Procrastination"

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:17:53 +0000

Glad you liked the graphs. They're my favourite part.

I looked into The Now Habit, and added it to my reading list. Great addition, thanks! Trying to rephrase 'I have to' to 'I choose to' is already something I try, but in the end, this only lands when you've genuinely internalised it - if you don't truly believe you're choosing it, it doesn't really work (at least for me). As you say, it's a delusion.

Essentially it's affect labelling in disguise, as mentioned in the article.

New comment by maxvij in "Productive Procrastination"

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:12:34 +0000

You're right, in my initial draft, I also took a side-step into figuring out the obligation aspect, but this ended up scattering the article too much. It's definitely a related part of it, the same tasks I love will become a chore as soon as I am obligated to do them. I love how you phrased it in your comment, transforming its emotional signature - very well put. That's what it is!

New comment by maxvij in "Productive Procrastination"

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:26:27 +0000

It’s meant to be a fun reference to Figma, since it’s my design portfolio. I gather you’re not a fan. Noted!

New comment by maxvij in "Productive Procrastination"

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:10:00 +0000

Yeah, sorry about that. Not really made for many visitors at the same time. I’ll add a limit. (update: removed the cursor interaction from blog posts)

Productive Procrastination

maxvij — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:21:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl/blog/productive-procrastination/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47727659

Points: 166

# Comments: 50

New comment by maxvij in "“This is not the computer for you”"

maxvij — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 04:46:11 +0000

I absolutely loved reading this, bring back memories. I was that kid too.

New comment by maxvij in "[dead]"

maxvij — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:59:37 +0000

TL;DR: I didn't achieve my goal, but I did spark an interest in books! The article contains some book recommendations.

New comment by maxvij in "An illustrated introduction to linear algebra"

maxvij — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:10:58 +0000

I’m not even into math, but I enjoyed reading this very much. Kudos to the author!

New comment by maxvij in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (October 2025)"

maxvij — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 19:36:13 +0000

Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Remote: Hybrid

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Design, Figma

Résumé/CV: https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl

Email: There’s a ‘copy email’ button on my portfolio

Frequency Illusion

maxvij — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 14:45:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl/frequency-illusion

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45334190

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by maxvij in "macOS Tahoe"

maxvij — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:52:16 +0000

This might be relevant again: Apple's Liquid Glass: When Aesthetics Beat Function (https://www.maxvanijsselmuiden.nl/liquid-glass)

New comment by maxvij in "Liquid Glass in the Browser: Refraction with CSS and SVG"

maxvij — Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:15:56 +0000

Agreed!

New comment by maxvij in "Liquid Glass? That's what your M4 CPU is for"

maxvij — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:23:52 +0000

It can be disabled (or at least tuned down) via accessibility settings.

New comment by maxvij in "Liquid Glass? That's what your M4 CPU is for"

maxvij — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:22:53 +0000

I wrote about this topic earlier, I believe there is one main reason for Apple to go in this direction: universal design language (spatial computing, Vision Pro). Of course, there can be many side-effects (or reasons) that can be the actual main reason instead, such as 'innovation' or like you mention, guiding people to use the native systems, we'll never know. In my eyes, the universal design language is the main reason. Apple is and always has been design-focused.

New comment by maxvij in "Liquid Glass? That's what your M4 CPU is for"

maxvij — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:17:19 +0000

Consistency throughout the OS versioning: https://www.theverge.com/news/679221/apple-ios-macos-watchos...

New comment by maxvij in "Liquid Glass? That's what your M4 CPU is for"

maxvij — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:16:36 +0000

I did: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44658103

New comment by maxvij in "Liquid Glass? That's what your M4 CPU is for"

maxvij — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 11:15:45 +0000

Yes, I've been on all the public beta's so far and yes, you can turn it down. You can turn on 'reduce transparency' in the accessibility settings. It breaks most of the effects, but text is definitely more legible. Haven't noticed anything performance wise (when Liquid Glass is turned on), but then again I might not be the best test candidate as I just got a new phone.