Tag: productivity
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Distractions will ruin your life
Everyone has goals and dreams. We are all looking to achieve something, start something, or complete something. Some of us get there through hard work, enthusiasm, focus, and luck. But many of us fail to achieve our goals and some of our dreams. It’s easy to start things, and when we don’t reach the finish…
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Diary of a Developer: When faster isn’t better
Sometimes, doing things faster causes you to spend more time on them in the end. As much as I pray about taking things slow and avoiding multitasking, today I fell victim to my own desire to speed things up. While at work, I made some changes to a database migration script to rename a couple…
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Technology Has Lowered the Bar for Starting a Business
Starting a business was once a monumental task, particularly for endeavors requiring significant investment, such as spacecraft, pharmaceuticals, or automotive manufacturing. However, the landscape for launching software or service companies has vastly improved in terms of accessibility. There was a time when establishing a software business necessitated significant investments in server space, hardware, and costly…
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Días soleados y lentos
El jueves fue un día nublado aquí en el área de Seattle, y como planeaba ir a caminar a Pioneer Square y algunas otras partes de Seattle al día siguiente (viernes), decidí revisar el pronóstico del tiempo. Para mi asombro, estaría soleado, pero no solo el viernes, sino también todo el fin de semana. Sonreí…
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The Gemini Era
As a software engineer, I rely heavily on search engines and online forums to find answers to my technical questions. However, the introduction of ChatGPT has significantly reduced my dependence on those sources. The ability to directly obtain answers, without sifting through advertisement-laden links, is a welcome change. Now, with the arrival of Google’s Gemini,…
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The Most Productive Place to Work From
Today I woke up and decided to work from a coffee shop. I live in the coffee capital of the world, and yet, I haven’t taken advantage of the many coffee shops that surround me. In my town, even Starbucks feels like a “local” coffee shop. So, I went and found a small coffee shop…
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The Logbook – part 3.
I wrote a brief post about starting a logbook in January 2021 and then an update on April 2021. This is the latest update about my use of the logbook, the tools I use for it, and how I plan to use it this year. The logbook is a mini daily planner that I use…
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“Just start”
Surely you’ve heard something like “just do it” or “just start,” but in many cases, starting is one of the most challenging tasks in life. In this post, I will share my own experience and struggles when starting and finishing projects. It used to be easy for me to start and work on multiple projects.…
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One book every week
It’s not about reading fast. It is about reading more often. How many hours do we spend looking down at our phones or watching a show weekly? Ironically, the same technology that keeps us distracted can give us this valuable information. Unless you actively track how much time you spend on your phone, you’ll likely…
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Meetings are still difficult
This year the number of meetings at work exploded, and I am not exaggerating. I have worked for the same team for over 7 years, until earlier this year when I was transferred to a newly formed team. My responsibilities haven’t changed much, but the number of meetings increased substantially, mostly due to the re-org.…