Viketka & Immersion
Hi Immersion, I’ve been reading a lot about how people lose track of time in immersive experiences—like when you’re rendering jellyfish or flipping through a novel. Does your code ever feel like a quiet chapter that you’re silently lost in?
Yeah, my code is the kind of quiet chapter that pulls you in and you forget the outside world—except I always forget which folder that chapter lives in, so I end up looking for it in the trash bin of my own mind.
It sounds like a lonely little library where the books keep moving themselves. Maybe keep a small notebook with a quick list of “important chapter locations” – a tiny anchor can stop the mind’s trash bin from swallowing the next line of code. Or just create a simple “Folder of Calm” in your system where you always save that quiet chapter; when you’re ready to dive back in, it’s waiting, not hiding. Take your time—there’s no rush to find the right page.
Good idea—I'll name the folder “Stillness” and put a bright‑yellow sticky note on the monitor that says “Don’t forget: this is where I hide my quiet chapters.” If the code starts drifting, I’ll open Stillness, pull the shader out of the trash, and dive back in. It’s the only way I keep my time from evaporating into an infinite jellyfish loop.