All blog posts tagged with productivity
Investigates creating a completely internet-free development environment with large LLMs, exploring privacy, security, and focus benefits while documenting installation challenges and workarounds.
Predicts the decline of human utility as AI surpasses knowledge workers in capability, proposing becoming "compute allocators" to stay relevant in an AI-dominated future.
Envisions using AR technology to give individuals control over their digital immersion by filtering out unwanted content and ads from their reality, building a Human OS for healthier digital interactions.
Shares practical insights on integrating AI into businesses, covering GPT applications, privacy considerations, and advice for startups and enthusiasts embracing the AI revolution.
A strategy for maintaining Mac performance by creating an automated setup script for quick resets, combined with using Quitter to auto-close inactive apps and Power Manager to enforce regular shutdowns for optimal memory and CPU usage.
A deep reflection on productivity struggles and an innovative solution to align short-term dopamine rewards with long-term goals by automating restrictions and rewards through APIs connected to WakaTime coding metrics.
An experiment to reduce smartphone usage from 5 hours per day by eliminating the need for a phone at home, setting up all phone functions on a Mac instead to break the habit of dreamscrolling and increase productivity.
A reflection on the cyclical pattern of working regular jobs to save money, then quitting to work on side projects until broke, and exploring three potential paths to break free from this cycle.
A simple productivity technique using hashtags like #toRemember, #toSearch, and #toSay to batch similar tasks together and become more self-reflective and less impulsive during work.
Implementing extreme productivity rules including browser tab limits, locked Freedom.to mode, phone delegation, and codebase-first development to achieve 70 hours of coding per week.
Overcoming the PO Fallacy by moving todos into the codebase instead of GitHub to reduce context-switching and increase time spent coding versus planning.
Reducing daily screen time from 9 hours to 6 hours through digital minimalism, using Freedom.to for blocking distractions, and switching to physical books and dumbphones.
An experimental approach to maximizing daylight exposure and restructuring the day into four 6-hour quarters to improve productivity, energy levels, and overall well-being.
Experimenting with sleeping in a hammock for a week and discovering six unexpected benefits including better air flow, easier cleaning, and improved sleep quality.
Why single tasking with one screen in full-screen mode may be more productive than multi-screen setups for programmers seeking better focus and fewer distractions.
Offering to build proof-of-concept mobile apps within a week using React Native, Node JS, and SQL with thorough testing and App Store deployment.
A collection of personal coding principles including avoiding premature optimization, keeping things simple, composition over inheritance, and maintaining low learnability.
How I built Dunbar, a relationship management app, in just 26 hours by leveraging high motivation, Expo, minimal boilerplate, and open source libraries.
Increasing coding productivity from 4-5 hours to 6+ hours per day by blocking communication channels on the laptop and keeping the phone physically distant.
Why staying with Expo and avoiding native dependencies saves development time and reduces bugs, helping startups ship faster with limited resources.
Exploring why code ownership is essential for agile development and how feature ownership can diminish inefficiencies and bottlenecks in development teams.
A shift in measuring productivity from passive learning and time spent to active creation and hands-on coding, introducing the Groundhog Day 100 Days of Code challenge.
A controversial take on coding practices advocating for inline styles and WET code over DRY principles to prioritize development speed and reduce abstraction overhead.
Exploring how different physical and digital environments can create focused immersion states for various goals, especially when living in limited spaces or traveling.
A personal reflection on maintaining a disciplined EAT, CODE, KITE, REPEAT routine in Bali, setting ambitious goals for building community software and creating sustainable technology solutions.
Seven key principles for maintaining high code quality, balancing concerns like DRY principles, naming conventions, external dependencies, and reducing time-to-context.
Introducing iProud, a productivity to-do app for entrepreneurs built in 2 weeks after 6 months of learning, designed to help users make lists, complete tasks, and connect with others.
A quick overview of essential development tools and productivity apps for building React Native applications, including VSCode, ESLint, Prettier, RescueTime, and WakaTime.
A comprehensive cheatsheet of keyboard shortcuts and terminal commands for VSCode, MacOS, React Native Simulator, Chrome DevTools, and common Git workflows.
A humorous exploration of different mental modes developers shift between while coding, from debugging to perfecting UI, illustrated through fictional programmer personalities.
A personal manifesto outlining ambitious 2018 goals, using fear-setting and extreme accountability measures to build two apps while pursuing a vision of working productively in paradise.
Seeking dopamine from productive activities like work and exercise rather than quick hacks like social media, gaming, and sugar to align with long-term goals.
An exploration of how short-term dopamine triggers like social media and food act as distractions that harm long-term productivity, arguing for eliminating these distractions rather than relying on willpower to resist them.
A detailed breakdown of a productive daily routine for solo entrepreneurs combining morning workouts, focused coding sessions, kitesurfing, and evening reflection while avoiding common pitfalls like analysis paralysis and social media distractions.
Finding alignment with your environment to achieve flow state, balancing mental energy from coding with physical energy from kitesurfing to build an MVP.
Setting up the Nomad Incubator in Tarifa, Spain - a community for software developers and entrepreneurs who share a passion for kitesurfing and coding.
The relationship between possessions and freedom as a digital nomad - owning only what's necessary for work and happiness while traveling with 11 kilos.
An experiment in setting up a complete offline development environment for React Native to enable productive programming during multi-day mountain treks in Bulgaria, demonstrating that remote work doesn't require internet.
How solo entrepreneurs can maximize productivity by suppressing urges for doubt and communication, creating focused environments and turning decisions into habits.
A conceptual framework for personal growth through rapid iteration, creating a feedback loop that cycles through dreaming, planning, learning, creating, and sharing to accelerate learning and development.
Uninstalling WhatsApp to save 40 minutes daily and focus on deep, goal-oriented work by separating core activities from less important distractions.
How to organize a sustainable travel lifestyle while working 8 hours a day, including strategies for choosing accommodation, coworking spaces, and minimizing commute time.
Essential apps and tools for nomadic entrepreneurs, from banking and transportation to communication, productivity, and learning platforms.
A framework for managing screen time and prioritizing tasks as an entrepreneur by blocking distracting websites during specific periods, applying the Pareto Principle to focus 80% of time on the most important work.
A critique of how notifications turn people into zombies who lose control over their attention, with statistics on smartphone usage and a recommendation to turn off all notifications to reclaim mental freedom.
Practical strategies to diminish distractions as a digital nomad, including blocking tools, creating habits, and maintaining focus despite constant change.
A practical guide to decluttering and minimalism learned from traveling in Asia, outlining seven steps to simplify your living space and life by choosing a style, creating transparency, and focusing on experiences over possessions.
Balancing communication, learning, and getting things done by tracking and limiting distractions from social media and browsers to improve productivity.
Lessons from working intensively on a startup about the importance of maintaining a broader perspective as a solo entrepreneur, balancing four key areas: learning, creating, networking, and sharing.
An analysis of attention pollution caused by smartphones and how internet enables distractions across all time and space, arguing that we should focus only on information that drives action here and now.