Straight akrasia hacks:

• Getting Things Done: +8. Note that GTD includes variants of some of the other techniques here.

• Collaboration with Others: +7. Pair programming in particular, but pairing on any non-trivial tasks. It's really tempting to think that you're wasting time when pairing, but the available evidence supports my considered opinion that more time is saved than lost.

• No Multitasking (variant): +6. Vladimir Golovin's "One, maximum two tasks per day" would break me (too many small tasks required by my job). I mean breaking tasks up until they're small enough that I have a good chance of getting them done before the next unpostponable interruption arrives and working on only one task until it's done.

• The Caffein Nap: +8. This is awesome when you're struggling to stay awake to get through a less engaging task.

General effectiveness hacks that make it easier to resist akrasia:

• Meditation: +5. (With low confidence) Mindfullness meditation helps train my ability to concentrate.

• Dual-n-back training: +5. As Meditation (also with low confidence), dual-n-back improves focus after training. (I'm in awe of erm and > dual-9-back).

• Get More Sleep: +4. This is a terrible waste. I'd love to experiment with polyphasic sleep but am unwilling to pay the social cost.

• Regular Exercise: +3.