Best of Productivity — 2023

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    Avatar of addyAddy Osmani·3y

    Soft skill books that will make you a better developer

    This article provides a list of soft skill books that can help developers improve their programming and managerial abilities. It covers various topics such as deep focus, high-leverage activities, growth mindset, leadership skills, and more. The article highlights the importance of developing soft skills alongside technical skills for developers.

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    Avatar of devtoDEV·3y

    Writing Clean Code: Best Practices and Principles

    Clean code is code that is easy to read, easy to understand, and easy to modify. Clean code follows a set of conventions and best practices that make it more consistent, making it easier for multiple developers to work on the same project seamlessly. Code that is difficult to understand is more prone to errors during modifications or enhancements.

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    Avatar of dailydaily.dev·3y

    daily.dev raised an $11M seed round 🎉

    daily.dev has raised $11 million in seed funding to build a professional network for developers. The funding will fuel their growth and enable them to build a platform where developers can actively improve, interact, and collaborate to make software that impacts lives worldwide.

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    Avatar of devtoDEV·2y

    How to Become a 10x Dev

    Learn how to become a 10x developer by automating repetitive tasks, mastering keyboard shortcuts, avoiding over-engineering, utilizing version control workflow, leveraging existing components and libraries, embracing HTML Emmet for rapid prototyping, and utilizing AI assistance and VS Code extensions.

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    Avatar of substackSubstack·2y

    4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity

    Discover key habits that can transform productivity in software engineering, including leaving work slightly unfinished, improving keyboard and mouse shortcuts, keeping a list of searchable commands and links, and learning to say 'no'.

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    Avatar of mlnewsMachine Learning News·2y

    15+ AI Tools For Developers (December 2023)

    Discover AI tools for developers that can enhance code quality, improve productivity, generate code documentation, and automate writing tasks.

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    Avatar of tilThis is Learning·2y

    The Most Upvoted Visual Studio Code Feature

    A highly upvoted feature has been added to Visual Studio Code, allowing tabs to be released outside of the window. The feature is currently in preview and only available in the Insiders edition of vscode.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·2y

    Become a better developer by improving your habits

    Improve your life by changing your habits. Small changes can lead to great results. Focus on the 'who' instead of the 'what'. Understand the structure of habits. Engineer your environment for positive change. Start with a two-minute action. Track your habits and stay consistent.

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    Avatar of hackernoonHacker Noon·3y

    How to Defeat Procrastination via Walking

    Integrating walking as a proactive response to procrastination and establishing a routine that includes regular, distraction-free walking breaks in green spaces is an efficient way to stimulate creative thinking.

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    Avatar of devtoDEV·2y

    A Minimalist's Guide to Software Development: Less Code, More Elegance

    A guide to achieving cleaner and more efficient code through minimalism and simplicity in software development.

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    Avatar of itnextITNEXT·3y

    My Git Second Brain

    This article provides tips and guidelines on using Git effectively, including safely rebasing, fixing or undoing commits, and using Git for personal and team workflows.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·3y

    7 Best Open Source Alternatives to Notion

    Discover the best open-source alternatives to Notion, a versatile productivity and organizational tool. Explore their advantages and disadvantages and find alternatives that may better meet your needs.

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·3y

    The Worst Programmer I Know

    Dan North & Associates Ltd The Worst Programmer I Know is Tim Mackinnon. He is the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team. Tim's productivity score was zero, and he never signed up for any stories.

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    Avatar of phProduct Hunt·3y

    Dev Links - All links a developer would need

    Dev Links is not rated yet. This is Dev Links's first launch. Dev Links was hunted by Rolando Rio Garaboa in Chrome Extensions.

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    Avatar of phProduct Hunt·3y

    Airtest - Generate unit tests using AI

    Generate unit tests using AI for C#, C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, R Lang, Ruby, and Swift code. This is Airtest's first launch. This is not rated yet.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·2y

    The Only 5 Zsh Plugins You Need

    Learn about the top 5 zsh plugins that can enhance your CLI experience, including git aliases, auto suggestion, syntax highlighting, shortcut suggestions, and improved output with syntax highlighting.

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    Avatar of notedNoted·3y

    10 Self-Hosted Apps to Boost your Productivity

    These self-hosted apps have helped me become much more productive in both work and play time. Here's 10 apps that have boosted my own productivity. The Self Hosted To-Do App to Organize Your Life Vikunja is a self hosted to-do portal with a bunch of awesome features like email reminders, category tags, notes.

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    Avatar of phProduct Hunt·3y

    lofi.life - Product Information, Latest Updates, and Reviews 2024

    Boost your productivity with lofi.life, a coding tool that provides tranquil background sounds, an integrated Pomodoro timer, and a convenient to-do list.

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    Avatar of phProduct Hunt·3y

    Clone UI - Generate UI components for use in seconds

    The best of Product Hunt, everyday Popular products in... AI No Code Social Media E-Commerce Analytics.

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    Avatar of devtoDEV·2y

    How to code faster - VS Code edition

    Learn how to code faster in Visual Studio Code by using shortcuts for copy-pasting, navigating efficiently, using Emmet, employing code snippets, and automating monotonous work with tools like NimbleText.

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    Avatar of freecodecampfreeCodeCamp·3y

    Learn Prompt Engineering – Full Course

    Learn Prompt Engineering - Full Course Large Language Models like ChatGPT can be used to increase your productivity on a ton of different types of tasks. We just published a crash course on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel that will teach you how to increase the effectiveness of LLMs and super charge your productivity.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·3y

    6 git commands, you may not know.

    Learn useful Git commands to increase productivity and save time, including updating commit messages, creating blank commits, checking the number of commits on a branch, viewing files from a different branch, staging and committing changes with a single command, and accessing a Git tutorial on the terminal.

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    Avatar of freecodecampfreeCodeCamp·3y

    How to Use GitHub Copilot to Become a Happier and More Productive Developer

    GitHub Copilot offers a variety of AI tools that have radically streamlined my experience as a software developer. Copilot can be blatantly wrong, apologize (or not) when corrected, and then confidently produce the same error. Using Copilot's features can really streamline the development process.

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    Avatar of phProduct Hunt·3y

    Kodezi 2.0 - Grammarly For Programmers

    The best of Product Hunt, everyday Web3 Keep up to date with the latest in web3 Launch Guide Checklists and pro tips for launching new products. Find out what makers are currently building Collections Products curated by the community. Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on the site.

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    Avatar of phProduct Hunt·3y

    Terrastruct - The diagramming tool for developers

    Terrastruct is designed to handle complexity, with a feature suite tailored to software engineers. It first launched on January 28th, 2020. The diagramming tool for developers is rated 5/5 by 2 users. It was hunted by Ben Lang in Productivity.