4/4/2024

Context-switching - one of the worst productivity killers in the engineering industry

Nothing gets done at the end of the day 🤯 Don't worry, we got you covered!

Gregor Ojstersek

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12/7/2023

Develop the right thing every time and become a 10x engineer 🏆: The art of writing RFCs 🥋 - DEV Community

Imagine you’ve been tasked to implement a sizeable new feature for the product you’re working on. That’s the opportunity you’ve been waiting for - everybody will see what a 10x developer you are! You open a list of the coolest new libraries and design patterns you’ve wanted to try out and get right into it, full “basement” mode. One week later, you victoriously emerge and present your perfect pull request!

Matija Sosic

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8/19/2023

Kernighan and Pike were right: Do one thing, and do it well | by Keaton Brandt | Source and Buggy | Jul, 2023 | Medium

Kernighan and Pike were right: Do one thing, and do it well Extensible programs like Obsidian have achieved a Holy Grail of software architecture, after decades of failed attempts. In October 1984 …

Keaton Brandt

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7/17/2023

News is bad for you – and giving up reading it will make you happier | Media | The Guardian

News is bad for you. It leads to fear and aggression. It hinders your creativity and makes you sick. We should stop consuming it, says Rolf Dobelli, who's abstained for years

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7/15/2023

Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule

"...the mere consciousness of an engagement will sometimes worry a whole day."� Charles Dickens

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6/25/2023

Want to Get Stuff Done? Build Yourself a “Friction Tunnel”

In a world where technology is trying to make things increasingly easier, make things a little harder on yourself. You’ll get better results.

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3/4/2023

Meetings *are* the work. Wherein I take aim at the common tech… | by Elizabeth Ayer | Feb, 2023 | Medium

Meetings *are* the work Every day I see people trying hard to avoid meetings. I hear it from teams (“We’re cancelling this so we can get some work done”). A common theme on social media laments …

Elizabeth Ayer

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11/12/2022

The BASB Book

The step-by-step guide to building a Second Brain. Based on 10+ years of research & experiments with organizing our digital lives & improving our productivity.

AB

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