Best of ProductivityMay 2024

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    20 Essential Browser Extensions For Web Developers

    Discover 20 essential browser extensions for web developers in 2024, including ColorZilla, WhatFont, Wappalyzer, and more. Explore extensions for getting information from other websites, developing and testing projects, and improving productivity.

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    17 Best Developer Productivity Tools to Try

    Explore the top developer productivity tools in 2024, including IDEs, code editors, project management tools, collaboration tools, and more.

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    Mastering Git: 13 Advanced Techniques and Shortcuts for Efficiency

    Learn advanced techniques and shortcuts for Git to enhance your development workflow and productivity. Topics covered include combining add and commit, creating aliases for Git commands, amending commit messages, force pushing, reverting changes, using Codespaces, stashing changes, renaming the main branch, viewing pretty logs, debugging with bisect, automating commit consolidation with autosquash, leveraging hooks for custom scripts, and safely destroying things in Git history.

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    Why You Should Self-Host Everything

    Take back control of your digital life by self-hosting everything. Enjoy privacy, control, flexibility, and financial benefits. Compare the cost of self-hosting with cloud services.

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    Tools that keep me productive

    Discover the tools that the author uses to stay productive as a developer, including their go-to editor and favorite browser extensions.

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    5 Cool Chrome DevTools Features Most Developers Don’t Know About

    Discover 5 lesser-known features of Chrome DevTools that can greatly boost development efficiency, including observing variable values in real time, logging to the console without changing code, setting conditional breakpoints, using DOM breakpoints, and preserving console logs across page reloads.

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    How I boosted my productivity while working on multiple projects

    Learn how to improve productivity while working on multiple projects using Freeter, an organizer app that helps consolidate all necessary tools and resources in one place. The post includes examples of workflows for app/website development, checking emails and Twitter DMs, and releasing new versions of an app.

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    5 Cool Chrome DevTools Features Most Developers Don’t Know About

    Discover 5 lesser-known but powerful features of Chrome DevTools that can boost your development efficiency, including real-time variable observation, logpoints, conditional breakpoints, DOM breakpoints, and log preservation.

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    Stackradar - the best tools on the internet, curated

    Discover the best tools on the internet for web development, including Webflow, Relume, and Arc.

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    Improve your productivity by using more terminal and less mouse (🚀).

    Improve your productivity by using the terminal more and relying less on the mouse. Navigating folders, creating files and directories, and using commands like `cat` can enhance productivity. Installing Git Bash can be helpful for Windows users. Learning nano or vim for quick file editing and using ZSH with oh-my-zsh for autocompletion are recommended. Switching to neovim with tmux is for more advanced users. Ditching the mouse for the command-line can upgrade your workflow and make you a more efficient developer.

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    10 simple Linux tips which save 50% of my time in the command line

    Discover 10 simple Linux tips to save time in the command line and work efficiently in UNIX. Learn how to execute previous commands quickly, repeat the last command, use history to find frequently used commands, apply regular expressions in grep and find, use aliases, and more.

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    My strategy for motivation in a software engineering job

    Learn how to create your own motivation in a software engineering job by finding side-quests that align with your interests and goals.

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    You should keep a developer’s journal

    A developer's journal is a tool to track and organize thoughts and ideas while coding. It helps developers focus, reduce ambiguity, learn from experience, avoid distractions, and clear their mind. By keeping a dev journal, developers can write better code and improve their skills.

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    The simple secret of productive people

    Learn the simple secret of productive people and how to regain your ability to concentrate at work. Discover the concept of deep work, its importance, and how to work deeply. Embrace boredom, drain the shallows, and consider quitting social media for a more satisfying life.

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    I analyzed code review best practices for a year. This is what I learned.

    Analyzing code review best practices reveals the importance of fast, efficient reviews optimized for team productivity. Effective communication and small, purpose-driven PRs are key, and pair programming can be beneficial in certain scenarios.

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    The biggest problem in today's work culture - distractions

    Discover the importance of deep work in today's work culture, how it can improve productivity and work-life balance, and ways to create deep work time for employees.

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    What are some of your favourite visual studio code extensions

    Discover other useful extensions for Visual Studio Code and increase your productivity in different languages and frameworks.

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    Essential Linux Terminal Hacks for Efficiency

    Discover essential Linux terminal hacks for improved productivity and quality of life. Learn how to clear the terminal, set aliases for commands, navigate through commands efficiently, change the hostname, get the public IP, and more.

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    Programming newbie?? Beginner Tips.

    Learn the basics of programming, embrace the learning journey, find information through documentation, practice regularly, take breaks to refresh your mind, and set goals to track your progress.

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    Getting Started with Middleware Open Source

    Middleware Open Source enables engineering leaders to build software delivery pipelines with predictability and visibility. Learn how to install, set up, and configure Middleware, and leverage the 4 Key DORA Metrics for your team's growth.

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    It Took Me 20+ Years To Learn This Lesson About Dev

    The post discusses the importance of writing good code that is easy to support in the future. It emphasizes the artisanship of coding, warns against the Not Invented Here Syndrome, highlights the cost of complexity, and encourages writing tests for code. Overall, it emphasizes the significance of producing good code that is easy to understand, maintain, and support.

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    HackNote

    HackNote is a smart notepad that uses AI models and real-time CRDT synchronization for enhanced functionality.

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    10 tools that every PHP developer should use

    Discover 10 essential tools for PHP developers that can streamline their workflow, enhance code quality, and improve productivity.

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    My new freelance era!

    A personal story about transitioning to freelance work, including challenges, lessons learned, and the value of being a freelancer.

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    My First Month As A Software Engineer

    The software engineer shares their first impressions, on-boarding experience, technical challenges, learning curve, collaboration and team dynamics, achievements, and growth in their first month at work.