Links tagged “productivity”

benbrostoff.github.io

Habits for surviving multi-month projects — staying optimistic, logging daily progress, trusting compound gains and protecting dedicated time.

hillelwayne.com

A grab-bag of lesser-known Vim features, split between what plain Vim already does and what needs extra configuration or plugins.

sanctum.geek.nz

Habits that slow Vim editing down — moving line by line, reaching for arrow keys, staying in insert mode — and the idiomatic motions that replace them.

firstround.com

Fidji Simo's practices for keeping product work tied to intent — weekly reflection blocks, quarterly calendar audits and staffing checks against stated priorities.

qz.com

Argues that programming is solitary, concentration-heavy work that open floor plans wreck, contrasting Stack Overflow and Fog Creek with Facebook's campus.

georgestocker.com

Inventory of what wrecks a programmer's focus — open floor plans, interruptions, notifications, stress — paired with the countermeasures a developer can apply alone.

paulgraham.com

Essay separating procrastination on errands, which frees time for work that matters, from avoiding real work altogether.

stuntsoftware.com

Mac application for tracking billable time and expenses per client and turning them into invoices.

omnigroup.com

GTD-style task manager for Apple devices, organising work into projects and tags with a forecast view and a weekly review pass.