What do you do during boring build times at work?

• If the build succeeds, what will your next action be?
• If the build fails, what is the most likely reason? Where will you add a log statement to investigate?
• Can you catch up on the broader project updates? Learn about the broader context of what the engineers/PMs are working on
• Get up to get coffee while still keeping your brain in the headspace of the project.

I'd also investigate a product like Blacksmith (founded by a Taro Premium member Aditya Jayaprakash!) to improve build times.

Usually I will

1. Update the status on many of the open tickets I have and what the next steps are
2. It's hard to get a hold of my lead but when I do I always have questions prepared for discussion (ex. here's the update on this task -> my next steps are ... -> Do you agree?)