David Senra(@davidsenra):A picture of @DHH's desk goes viral every few months, and he says the number one comment he always gets is that it can't be a real office because it’s too clean. His response: "If I have shit all over my desk, I'm not creating work, because my mind will just go to the shit." “It's a bit like that Marie Kondo thing where you go through simplifying your home and throwing out all this stuff. It actually creates free mental space.” “I need this pure cocoon.” “It's actually a form of procrastination, and I need to run out of obvious things to procrastinate on before I'll start the real work.”

2026.07.29 00:25

A picture of @DHH's desk goes viral every few months, and he says the number one comment he always gets is that it can't be a real office because it’s too clean. His response: "If I have shit all over my desk, I'm not creating work, because my mind will just go to the shit." “It's a bit like that Marie Kondo thing where you go through simplifying your home and throwing out all this stuff. It actually creates free mental space.” “I need this pure cocoon.” “It's actually a form of procrastination, and I need to run out of obvious things to procrastinate on before I'll start the real work.”