An article exploring how perfectionism hinders web development progress and advocating for incremental, sustainable improvements.
A talk on digital sustainability, focusing on the environmental impact of web development and the role of AI.
A list of blog post ideas and prompts for developers and tech writers, especially during challenges like National Blog Posting Month.
Explains how the software development practice of 'grooming' can be applied to boost productivity in any project by preparing work ahead of time.
A guide to using a simple four-column Kanban board to organize work, reduce stress, and improve visibility for yourself and your team.
A frontend engineer shares advice on transitioning to backend development, emphasizing workflow and mentorship over deep technical knowledge.
A developer fixes and updates an Alfred workflow for searching Swift Evolution proposals, adding new features like copy actions.
A guide to creating and sharing personal and team weekly digests to track work progress, increase visibility, and improve transparency in a tech workplace.
A developer shares two free tools, n:point and Mockeroo, for quickly mocking and generating API endpoints and data for prototyping and testing.
Explains the internal event processing and execution flow when running an activity function within an Azure Durable Functions orchestration.
A developer's personal journey of switching to a Planck mechanical keyboard and how it transformed their workflow, typing, and enjoyment of computing.
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.
