How I triage Slack messages
A software engineer shares her method for organizing Slack channels into priority tiers to efficiently manage messages and reduce notification overload.
A software engineer shares her method for organizing Slack channels into priority tiers to efficiently manage messages and reduce notification overload.
A podcast interview discussing reinforcement learning applications, data science career paths, and productivity insights for tech professionals.
Explains the benefits of writing weekly 15-5 reports for productivity, visibility, and team trust in a tech/engineering context.
A developer shares their personal setup for a clean, minimalistic PhpStorm IDE, including UI tweaks and settings for better productivity.
A senior tech professional shares practical guidelines and mindset strategies for effectively onboarding into a new mid-to-senior role in the tech industry.
A personal review of the Logitech ERGO K860 wireless ergonomic keyboard, covering its comfort, software, connectivity, and key feel.
A developer shares recent articles on innovation, money, and work, including thoughts on pull requests in software teams.
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.