A software engineer shares her method for organizing Slack channels into priority tiers to efficiently manage messages and reduce notification overload.
Explains the benefits of writing weekly 15-5 reports for productivity, visibility, and team trust in a tech/engineering context.
A guide to using Git worktrees for easier context switching between branches, avoiding messy rebases and stashes.
A technical deep dive into the startup process and internal mechanics of Azure Durable Functions, focusing on instance initialization.
A developer shares his favorite productivity apps for 2022, including Obsidian, Centered, Cron, and todometer.
A guide to configuring multiple Git commit email addresses globally, using folder-based conditional includes in your .gitconfig.
Guide to enabling the 'Mute Notifications during meetings' feature in Microsoft Teams to reduce distractions.
A developer shares their structured process for conducting effective code reviews, focusing on PR size, UI checks, and common pitfalls.
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 guide to using Git effectively for solo development, focusing on workflow principles to structure work and maintain a clean commit history.
A guide to using Git's includeIf directive to automatically set different user emails for work and personal projects based on directory.
A developer shares his personal digital workflow for organizing projects, notes, and tasks using a folder-based system and syncing tools.
A software developer shares his personal digital workflow for organizing projects, notes, and tasks using a simple folder system and syncing tools.
The article argues for the importance of shell literacy in a programmer's workflow, demonstrating its power with a practical Git example.
A quick command line tip for efficiently creating multiple files with the same extension using brace expansion.
A GitHub Product Manager shares strategies for handling high volumes of GitHub notifications to stay focused and productive.
Explains how Azure Durable Functions scale, detailing the differences between stateless activity functions and stateful orchestrators/entities.
A quick Git tutorial on how to move an accidental commit from the master branch to a new feature branch using simple commands.
A developer explains their unconventional, branchless Git workflow, working directly on master and using rebase to organize changes.
A team lead shares their journey implementing pair programming, from initial struggles to successful adoption and the lessons learned about teamwork and code quality.
