I am in a related field (mathematics) and can pass along some (related) advice for a question I asked several people in the department: when do you find time to read papers and stay up to date with recent developments?
Most people said they read arXiv/papers first thing in the morning while having coffee to wake up. This advice has inadvertently helped reduce my wasted warm-up time since it is difficult to really think in the morning. I don't know what the equivalent of reading arXiv is for software development... reading HN?... so maybe you have already arrived at the solution :)
Most people said they read arXiv/papers first thing in the morning while having coffee to wake up. This advice has inadvertently helped reduce my wasted warm-up time since it is difficult to really think in the morning. I don't know what the equivalent of reading arXiv is for software development... reading HN?... so maybe you have already arrived at the solution :)