A developer shares their experience migrating from Roam Research to Obsidian for note-taking, including steps, plugins, and syncing setup.
Explains the three pillars of work effectiveness: Caring, Capacity, and Leverage, and how to apply them to improve performance.
Analyzes Shopify's controversial meeting purge, critiques its execution, and shares best practices for running effective, productive meetings in tech.
Ben McCormick reviews 13 work-related books he read in 2022, covering topics like decision making, productivity, and career growth.
A personal year-in-review blog post sharing reflections, favorite media from 2022, and goals for the new year.
A developer shares personal goals for 2023, including creating a new app, writing technical blog posts, and improving programming skills.
A guide on the concept of 'managing upwards' to build trust with your manager and increase productivity by proactively taking ownership.
A developer shares their journey from Evernote to Obsidian for note-taking, detailing setup, customization, and sync options.
A developer compares using an ultra-wide (21:9) monitor vs. a standard 4K (16:9) monitor for productive work like coding, design, and writing.
Practical advice for improving meeting culture in tech teams, focusing on agendas, time management, and clear outcomes.
A developer reflects on the benefits of daily writing, his disengagement from Twitter, and shares his recent articles and interesting reads.
A developer reflects on achieving high productivity and shipping speed in a small tech company with minimal process and no project managers.
A developer's reflection on the importance of direct user feedback and modern tooling, arguing that working without them is a crippling handicap.
A look at Warp, a modern terminal emulator with AI-assisted command suggestions and crowd-sourced workflow templates to boost command-line productivity.
A developer shares personal strategies for improving focus and efficiency while coding, including managing digital and physical distractions.
A developer shares essential Visual Studio IDE extensions for daily coding, including GitHub Copilot, file management, and command line tools.
A simple macOS menu bar app that shows today's calendar events and provides quick access to join video calls.
A tip on adding comments to shell commands to make them easier to search and reuse later, using examples with pytest and database objects.
Argues that leadership impact should be measured by results per team member, not by the size of the organization managed.
A programmer shares how using documentation tools like Dash helps overcome information overload and memory limitations in modern software development.
