The Make automation that was slower than manual
A Make scenario that cross-posted Ghost articles to Dev.to looked efficient. API churn, broken canonicals, bad timing, and key exposure made manual faster.
Productivity
Productivity systems that survive real work. Less GTD theory, more flat setups that ship client work, side projects, and life without weekly reviews. 29 posts
A tiny script that adds my internal links
A 40-line Python script adds internal links to my Ghost drafts via a shell alias. It is crude, fast, and only saves minutes, which is exactly why it works.
A publishing system is not a writing system
Automation can move your words into Ghost with perfect formatting. It cannot notice what mattered this week or decide whether it is true.
Why my posts now start with five bullets
I stopped asking my automation to invent posts from topics and started feeding it five ugly bullets from real life instead. The system did not change much, but the writing did.
The Most Productive 15 Minutes Of My Day: Folding Laundry At Night
My most useful daily habit is not an app, a supplement, or a new framework. It is folding laundry at night, on purpose, every single day.
Killing CalendarBridge and RankPill: An Honest Audit of My Setapp Stack
I killed CalendarBridge and RankPill, then audited my entire Setapp stack. This is how I trimmed the bloat without losing any real capability.
Running Family Logistics Like a Sprint Board in a WhatsApp Group
My partner and I run family logistics like a sprint, but our board lives in WhatsApp. No fancy app, no Notion setup. Just one group called “Fam” with a few simple rules.
My Sunday Planning Ritual: Why I Plan On Paper Instead Of Apps
My entire week lives or dies on a 30–40 minute Sunday planning ritual done on paper. The friction is exactly why it works.
Productivity Hacking With AI: How I Let a Model Reorder My To‑Do List
I stopped manually grooming my to-do list and let a model reorder it using my own data. Here is how that actually works day to day, and what broke.
How I Actually Time Block a Week Without Burning Out
I tried to engineer the perfect calendar. Then I watched it get wrecked by reality every single week. This is the version of time blocking that actually survives contact.
Notion vs Obsidian for a Solo Developer: What I Actually Use
After 2 years using Notion and Obsidian side by side, I stopped pretending they compete. Here is what I genuinely use each one for as a solo developer.
What 90 Days Of HRV Data Taught Me About Stress I Thought I Was Managing
I logged HRV every day for 90 days and realised my “I’m fine” story was mostly fiction. The data showed stress patterns I never would have blamed.