What science says about achieving the flow state

<h2>Show notes</h2><p>If you’re interested in diving deeper into Professor Fritz’s research on developer flow states, check out <a href="https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/hasel/people/fritz/publications.html">his list of publications</a>. </p><p>Flow states can be affected by things as simple as the right lighting, so Logitech created <a href="https://www.logitech.com/en-us/mx/mx-for-coding.html">keyboards that automatically adjust their keyboard backlighting</a>. </p><p>Lights can be used to indicate your interruptibility.; Prof. Fritz did some research on <a href="https://andre-meyer.ch/flowlight/">FlowLight</a>, which indicates your willingness to be interrupted with a simple red light/green light protocol. These days, you can use your Slack status to the same effect. </p><p>If you’re looking for apps to improve your daily flow, Cassidy recommends <a href="https://www.centered.app/">Centered</a>.</p>