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Productivity

Productivity systems that survive real work. Less GTD theory, more flat setups that ship client work, side projects, and life without weekly reviews. 25 posts

All AI CSS Frontend Productivity Biohacking Tools Build in Public Thoughts
05 Jul, 2026
Productivity
The Most Productive 15 Minutes Of My Day: Folding Laundry At Night
05 Jul
Productivity

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.
01 Jul, 2026
Tools
Killing CalendarBridge and RankPill: An Honest Audit of My Setapp Stack
01 Jul
Tools

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.
27 Jun, 2026
Productivity
Running Family Logistics Like a Sprint Board in a WhatsApp Group
27 Jun
Productivity

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.
25 Jun, 2026
Productivity
My Sunday Planning Ritual: Why I Plan On Paper Instead Of Apps
25 Jun
Productivity

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.
18 Jun, 2026
Productivity
Productivity Hacking With AI: How I Let a Model Reorder My To‑Do List
18 Jun
Productivity

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.
25 May, 2026
Productivity
How I Actually Time Block a Week Without Burning Out
25 May
Productivity

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.
15 May, 2026
Productivity
Notion vs Obsidian for a Solo Developer: What I Actually Use
15 May
Productivity

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.
01 May, 2026
Biohacking
What 90 Days Of HRV Data Taught Me About Stress I Thought I Was Managing
01 May
Biohacking

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.
28 Apr, 2026
Build in Public
Speed vs Correctness: What Youth Baseball Umpiring Taught Me About Production Deploys
28 Apr
Build in Public

Speed vs Correctness: What Youth Baseball Umpiring Taught Me About Production Deploys →

Umpiring youth baseball taught me more about production deploys than any DevOps book. Both are about making fast, irreversible calls with incomplete data and living with them.
26 Apr, 2026
Productivity
Why I Still Plan My Week On Paper In 2026
26 Apr
Productivity

Why I Still Plan My Week On Paper In 2026 →

I have tried every productivity stack you see on Twitter, but one thing never moved: a weekly paper planning note. Here is what it does that no app can touch.
22 Apr, 2026
Productivity
My Anti-GTD Todoist Setup: Flat, Fast, and Review-Free
22 Apr
Productivity

My Anti-GTD Todoist Setup: Flat, Fast, and Review-Free →

How I run client work, side projects, and life in Todoist without GTD, weekly reviews, or nested hierarchies. A flat, fast setup that survives real work instead of theory.
20 Apr, 2026
AI
My Exact OpenAI Prompt For Blog Posts That Don’t Sound Like AI
20 Apr
AI

My Exact OpenAI Prompt For Blog Posts That Don’t Sound Like AI →

After three months of abusing GPT to write my blog, I ended up with a very opinionated system prompt. Here is the exact prompt, the banned phrases, the structure rules, and what actually mattered.
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