Productivity

I’ve spent exactly zero hours reading React documentation cover-to-cover. Zero hours on comprehensive Next.js courses. Zero hours memorizing Python’s standard library. Yet I’ve built multiple production applications, trained LLM models, and ran an EdTech startup that served thousands of students. How? Fast Food Learning. And before you judge me, hear me out. This isn’t about cutting corners. It’s about recognizing that in 2025, the way we learn needs to match the speed at which we need to build. ...

After years of testing every productivity system imaginable—from complex analog systems to cutting-edge digital tools—I’ve identified the frameworks that actually move the needle. This isn’t theory; it’s battle-tested advice from someone who’s juggled multiple startups, LLM training projects, and a constant stream of side ventures. Let me save you years of trial and error by ranking the most effective productivity frameworks and showing you exactly how to implement them. 1. Getting Things Done (GTD) - The Foundation Layer Effectiveness Rating: 9.5/10 ...

Writing has always been about ideas, clarity, and connection. But the process of getting those ideas from your mind onto the page—especially when English isn’t your first language—can be challenging. Over the past year, I’ve developed a writing process that combines human creativity with AI assistance, and it’s fundamentally changed how I create content. This isn’t about AI writing for me. It’s about AI helping me write better, faster, and more clearly. Let me show you how. ...

You don’t need venture capital to steal good ideas. Here are battle-tested practices from exceptional companies that you can implement tomorrow, regardless of your team size or industry. From Amazon: The Narrative Memo What They Do: Amazon banned PowerPoint in 2004. Every meeting for important decisions starts with 20 minutes of silence, reading a six-page memo written in full sentences. What to Steal: You don’t need six pages. Start with one page. The format: ...

To all software engineers: if you’re not learning agentic workflows, you’re falling behind fast! Not learning agentic workflows in 2025 as a software engineer is like refusing to learn Git in 2010. The landscape is shifting rapidly, and those who adapt will thrive while others struggle to keep up. Agentic workflows aren’t just a trend—they’re becoming the new standard for efficient software development. Exciting Agentic Frameworks and Tools You Should Explore Here are some cutting-edge tools that are revolutionizing how we write code: ...

Deeply Personal Current: Analysis Paralysis The Uncanny Valley of Empathy All Posts Co-op Games Can Save Your Relationship Analysis Paralysis: The Psychology Behind Why We Can’t Make a Move My wife and I are experts at one thing: overthinking ourselves into complete paralysis. ...

You have 37,482 unread emails. 14,000 photos on your phone (5,000 screenshots you’ll never look at again). A Downloads folder with 2,000 files dating back to 2014. 42 browser tabs open right now. 7 note-taking apps, each with hundreds of notes you’ll never revisit. You tell yourself: “I might need this someday.” You never do. But you can’t delete it. Welcome to digital hoarding—the modern epidemic of keeping everything and finding nothing. ...

In 1913, French agricultural engineer Maximilien Ringelmann conducted a simple experiment: he asked people to pull on a rope, both alone and in groups, and measured their effort. The task was straightforward. Pull as hard as you can. That’s it. When pulling alone, participants gave it their all. But when Ringelmann added more people to the rope, something strange happened. Individual effort decreased. Not a little. A lot. The Numbers Don’t Lie Ringelmann’s findings were shocking: ...

In 1924, engineers at the Hawthorne Works factory in Illinois had a simple question: “Does better lighting improve worker productivity?” They increased the lighting. Productivity went up. Success! Then they decreased the lighting. Productivity went up again. They tried different lighting levels—bright, dim, even back to the original. Productivity kept increasing. The lighting didn’t matter. What mattered was that workers knew they were being watched. This phenomenon—where people change their behavior simply because they’re being observed—became known as The Hawthorne Effect. ...

“It takes 21 days to form a habit.” I’ve heard this approximately one million times. Self-help books. Productivity blogs. Motivational Instagram posts. Life coaches. So I tried it. Day 1-7: Woke up at 6 AM to code before work. Felt great! I’m building a habit! Day 8-14: Woke up at 6 AM most days. Missed a few. Still committed! Day 15-21: Made it to Day 21! The habit is formed, right? ...