Tag: #deep-work
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 12 posts
Enjoyment and Self-Restraint: The Classical Wisdom of Governing Yourself
Enjoyment and self-restraint are not opposing values but a pair that completes each other. Using Plato Republic and Mill On Liberty as guides, this essay works through the balance of pleasure and self-control, sustainabl
2026-06-19 · 34 min read #self-restraint#pleasure#philosophy#plato#millHow to Ship Output Consistently — A System for Producing Results
A practitioner guide to how people who ship consistently actually operate, without getting trapped by perfectionism. It covers breaking work small, timeboxing, public commitment, and closing with a demo, with systems and
2026-06-16 · 20 min read #productivity#shipping#habits#deep-work#timeboxingDeep Work — Designing Focus for People Who Make Things
Focus is not an innate talent but a system you can design. From the cost of context switching to securing focus blocks, managing notifications and meetings, and the clash between maker and manager schedules — here are co
2026-06-16 · 18 min read #deep-work#productivity#focus#culture#remote-workCut Meetings in Half — Designing Async Collaboration and Deep Work
From calculating the true cost of meeting overload to a sync/async decision matrix, a written standup template, deep work block design, notification hygiene, and a 4-week transition plan. A concrete playbook for transpla
2026-06-12 · 23 min read #async#deep-work#remote-work#productivity#meetingsTime and Productivity Tracking Tools 2026: Toggl, Clockify, Wakatime, RescueTime, Rize Deep Dive — Where Did Your Hours Actually Go?
From Toggl Track and Clockify to Wakatime, RescueTime, Rize.io, Timing, and the 2025-vintage newcomer Cosmos — a deep comparison of 2026 time tracking tools along the axes of manual vs automatic, code vs everything, priv
2026-05-14 · 22 min read #time-tracking#productivity#toggl#clockify#wakatimeDeveloper Productivity and Career — The 10x Engineer Myth, Deep Work, Learning in the AI Era, Staff Engineers, and Burnout Prevention: The Complete Guide (2025)
What is really behind the 10x engineer myth, Deep Work by Cal Newport, what to learn and what to drop in the AI era, the actual difference between senior, staff, and principal (the Will Larson frame), the economics of co
2026-04-15 · 15 min read #career#productivity#deep-work#10x-engineer#staff-engineerDeveloper Time Management & Productivity Complete Guide: Deep Work, GTD, Calendar Blocking, Burnout Prevention (2025)
Applying Cal Newport Deep Work to a developer daily life. Organizing scattered work with David Allen GTD. Calendar Blocking vs Time-boxing. Slack/Email/Meeting triage. Pomodoro, 90-minute ultradian rhythm, Manager vs Mak
2026-04-15 · 12 min read #productivity#time-management#deep-work#gtd#calendar-blockingIf Seneca Used Slack: A Time Philosophy for the Always-Connected Developer
Seneca's radical claim that time is our only true possession cuts directly to the heart of the modern developer's attention crisis. Two thousand years of Stoic wisdom, applied to the age of Slack notifications.
2026-03-18 · 16 min read #seneca#time-philosophy#stoicism#focus#digital-minimalismCsikszentmihalyi's Flow: When Coding Becomes Meditation
This is the conceptual guide in the focus series. It explains why flow matters to developers through Csikszentmihalyi's model, deep work, interruption psychology, and the line between healthy immersion and burnout.
2026-03-18 · 17 min read #flow-theory#deep-work#csikszentmihalyi#focus#productivitySlow Productivity 2026: Rejecting the Hustle Culture and Doing Real Work
As we move beyond the "grind culture" era of the early 2020s, Slow Productivity is emerging as the dominant productivity philosophy in 2026. Based on Cal Newport's research, learn how to focus on high-quality work, reduc
2026-03-16 · 7 min read #productivity#slow-productivity#cal-newport#self-improvement#deep-workDigital Detox and Deep Work: A Practical Guide to Reclaiming Focus in the Age of Constant Interruption
This is the interruption-control guide in the focus series. It focuses on notification hygiene, async boundaries, response norms, and a four-week reset for teams and individuals whose deep work is being fractured by cons
2026-03-16 · 6 min read #productivity#focus#deep-work#self-improvement#digital-detoxFlow State Engineering 2026: Designing Immersion Using Neuroscience
This is the canonical guide in the focus series: a practical system for designing repeatable flow sessions through challenge calibration, feedback loops, distraction control, session architecture, and measurement.
2026-03-16 · 8 min read #flow-state#focus#deep-work#neuroscience#productivity