Productivity for Developers

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Productivity for Developers Radoslav Stankov 13/10/2019

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Radoslav Stankov @rstankov blog.rstankov.com github.com/rstankov  twitter.com/rstankov

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https://speakerdeck.com/rstankov

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“In cognitive psychology, cognitive load refers to the used amount of working memory resources. ” - WikipediA Cognitive load

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“Ego depletion refers to the idea that self- control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up.” - WikipediA Ego depletion

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“It is better to be a good programmer with great habits, than a great programmer.” - Kent Beck

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“Process is automatic decisions for trivial questions and framework for making decisions for all other questions.” - Rado What is process

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Goals Reduce cognitive load Capturing knowledge Performing tasks effectively Digital My Process

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Goals

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Yearly   Monthly   Weekly  Goals

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Personal Career Learning

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Speciﬁc Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely

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“Objectives and key results (OKR) is a framework for deﬁning and tracking objectives and their outcomes.” - WikipediA OKR

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1. Deﬁne objective 2. Deﬁne key result OKR

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OKR   Objective: - Be healthy Key results:  - X kg  - have X blood sugar Actions: - Go to gym 4 times a week - Stop junk food

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...kinda

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1 hour per week for weekly review 1 hour per month for monthly review 2 hours per year for year review

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Todoist Bear Day One Remind me Store goals Store reviews

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Reminders

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Templates

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Every week has a goal which is small and quickly achievable. Preferably you should achieve it on Monday. (same for monthly and yearly goals) Life Hack

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Reduce cognitive load

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Routine ⏲ Reminders Checklist Templates Automations

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What's next

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What's next

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Chrome Todoist Interesting link Reminder

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Pack for travel Example

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Todoist Bear Checklist Reference List

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Prepare the clothes you are going to wear tomorrow the evening before. Life Hack

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Capturing knowledge

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“Our head is for creating ideas, not storing them” - David Allen, author GTD

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Rado's Head Bear Todoist Idea Store Next action

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Create your own how-tos Life Hack

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Be Effective

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Focus

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“Flow state, also known as being in the zone, is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity.” - WikipediA Flow

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“Task switching is an executive function that involves the ability to shift attention between one task and another unconsciously.” - WikipediA Task switching

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Pomodoro

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Pomodoro 1. Decide on the task to be done. 2. Set the pomodoro timer (traditionally to 25 minutes). 3. Work on the task. 4. End work when the timer rings. 5. Take a short break (3–5 minutes), then go to step 2. 6. After four pomodoros, take a longer break (15–30 minutes).

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⏰ start to focusing ⏱ doing work, I don't like or boring ⏲ as estimation tool timeboxed experiments and explorations How I used it

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Eliminate distractions block websites reduce app notiﬁcations do not disturb mode

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Work one day with "do not disturb mode" Life Hack

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Emails

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How I deal with e-mail 1. Unsubscribe from every email, I don't care about 2. Move as much communication as I can out of email 3. Have automatic ﬁlters, for emails, I can't unsubscribe 4. Use templates 5. If the email takes me less than 1 minute to reply, reply 6. Labels 1. todo (me) 2. waiting (on some else) 3. bookmark (ongoing threads) 7. Use reminders for followups

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Email client features Uniﬁed email box Snoose Both desktop and mobile clients Templates Smart notiﬁcations

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How I deal with e-mail Reply ⏲ Todo Waiting ✉ Bookmark

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How I deal with e-mail Reply ⏲ Todo Waiting ✉ Bookmark Snoose

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  https://klinger.io/post/71640845938 

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Tools

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Automations & shortcuts

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Alfred

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Add one new extension to your editor every week. Life Hack

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Books

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The Pragmatic Programmer Getting Things Done The Checklist Manifesto Soft Skills Peak Performance

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Recap

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“Every productivity system stops working eventually and there’s nothing you can do about it” - Someone on the internet

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Recap Terms & vocabulary Cognitive load Goals & Reviews Routine Tools ⏲ Reminders Checklist Templates Automations

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“Think about your own workﬂows and improve them one step of the time” - Rado