Five quick tips to improve developer productivity, including VSCode formatting, commit squashing, and workflow optimizations.
A guide to using Folder Peek, a macOS app that places folder shortcuts in the menu bar for quick file and application access.
A quick guide to enabling keyboard navigation for confirmation dialogs and controls on a new Mac.
Explores the benefits of asynchronous work for remote teams, contrasting it with traditional synchronous workflows and highlighting productivity gains.
Guide to enabling the 'Mute Notifications during meetings' feature in Microsoft Teams to reduce distractions.
A guide to the 'One Thing' macOS app, a menu bar tool for focusing on a single task, with setup tips and integration examples.
A software developer shares personal strategies for managing ADHD's challenges in a tech career, focusing on energy management and task mitigation.
A developer shares principles for using instant messaging (like IRC) productively in tech work, emphasizing its ephemeral nature and the need to shift important info to permanent mediums.
A developer reflects on their first year of self-employment, sharing insights on productivity, motivation, and the transition from hobby coding to full-time work.
The author argues for the importance of increasing productivity and velocity, countering common objections and using a personal project as an example.
A JavaScript developer shares his disciplined daily routine and habits for successfully writing a 500-page technical book on JavaScript Testing.
A developer shares their experience porting the Niceware library to Rust, reflecting on overcoming the emotional barrier of strict compilers and redefining progress.
A guide to creating and using Git aliases to streamline common version control commands and improve workflow efficiency.
A developer shares why Alfred App is an essential Mac productivity tool, highlighting features like clipboard history, file search, and workflows.
A programmer shares personal strategies for leveraging ADHD traits like hyperfocus within Agile development workflows to improve productivity.
A developer shares their positive experience using a 34-inch curved monitor for programming, highlighting ergonomics and productivity gains.
A developer explains how 'Yak Shaving'—the process of tackling tangential tasks—can be a positive motivation for starting and improving open source projects.
A developer reflects on the challenge of building simple, small-scale projects after years of focusing on large-scale, complex system architecture.
Explores the downsides of constant communication tools like Slack and proposes ideas from Cal Newport's book to improve focus and productivity in software development.
A developer shares personal goals to overcome barriers like time, topic scarcity, and fear of criticism to write and publish more technical articles.
