Productivity

An easy and proven way to build good habits and break bad ones.

As a designer transitioning into what I now call my "vibe-coder" phase, I've developed a particular appreciation for the elegant simplicity of command-line interfaces. Something about the monospaced font, the focused input, and the absence of distractions always felt right. Why couldn't my todo list feel the same way? ASCII-TODO-CLI—a simple command-line tool that would display my weekly tasks...

Imagine a one-story, narrow structure, a straightforward rectangle divided into five rooms, in succession. There's no quick escape route here. This design insists that as you move through, you're plunging deeper into the world of intense productivity. You start in the gallery, the first room as you enter from the street. Inside, you'll find examples of remarkable work created within the building....

In complex companies, with non-obvious interdependencies and hard schedule constraints, organizing the process is a huge "full-time" job, and can save weeks of delays if done right. It signifies the role of a project manager, despite the teams having a product manager in their fold. As Ben Kuhn puts it, when done right, it can save weeks of delays and nip problems in their bud even before they...