Sprinting

Sprinting is a technique designed to increase productivity.

Method

Participants eliminate all distractions and work for a moderate amount of time (generally 20-30 minutes), before pausing for a shorter amount of time (5-10 minutes). Generally, multiple sprints are done in succession, before taking a longer break. The most well-known sprinting method is the Pomodoro Technique, which consists of three 25-minute sprints, separated by 5-minute breaks, and followed by a longer, 20-30 minute break.

In DevTalk

The DevTalk Discord server features a team-sprinting feature, managed by Lemon. Users can enter the command:

/sprint L D

where L is the length of the work time, and D is the delay before beginning the sprint, both in minutes. If the delay is omitted, it will be set to 0, and the sprint will begin immediately.

If a delay is set, Lemon will send this message. Users who click the running emoji will be temporarily given the Sprint Runners role, which will be removed after the sprint ends.

Starting a sprint in 1 minutes! Click (running emoji) to join!

When a sprint begins (after the delay if there was one, otherwise right away), Lemon will notify the user who ran the command, the Sprinter role, and the Sprint Runners role. Users can also react to this message to temporarily receive the Sprint Runners role.

@Sprinter @Sprint Runners @Arimia is starting timer for 25 minutes, starting now! Click (running emoji) to join!

When the sprint timer expires, Lemon will notify the user who ran the command, the Sprinter role, and the Sprint Runners role. Users can choose to run another sprint if they wish by running the sprint command again.