Heroku's Maker's Day is a weekly policy giving engineers a full day of uninterrupted, meeting-free time to focus on deep work and boost productivity.
A developer's personal experience adopting the Pomodoro Technique to improve focus, productivity, and combat procrastination in their tech work.
A developer discusses combating information overload and anxiety by curating feeds and using digests to improve productivity and focus.
A developer's postmortem analysis of a personal game project, 'A Geek Valentine', covering development time, graphics, and simple AI implementation.
A satirical take on becoming a 'superstar' developer is contrasted with genuine advice for becoming a truly productive 10x programmer.
Explores Paul Graham's concept of the conflicting time management needs of makers (developers) and managers in the workplace.
A guide to essential keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7 for improving productivity and window management.
An Emacs Lisp script and shell script that combats procrastination by nagging users after periods of inactivity.
A reflection on the balance between consuming and creating content in the tech industry, and how information accessibility changes expertise.
