Optimizing the Programmer: Get More Done Faster
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Argues that your resource is time — 86,400 seconds daily — and prescribes concrete tactics: use Visual Studio keyboard workflows and PowerShell scripts to automate project setup, treat email as a zero-item inbox with followup.cc / followupthen snooze, and wire services with IFTTT/Zapier or Microsoft Flow. Recommends disabling notifications, working from home to avoid office interruptions, and using focused intervals (Pomodoro 25/5 or the 52/17 work/break pattern). Gives examples: commits auto-logged to a “done” list and Wi‑Fi scale data pushed into Google Sheets.
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chapters (33)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:24What do you value
- 1:55Introduction
- 3:23Pain and Suffering
- 4:06Im not an authority
- 4:56Motivation
- 9:05Software
- 9:45The mind
- 12:13Nutrition
- 14:24Vegetables
- 15:02Body Condition
- 16:40Fertility
- 17:24The Software
- 17:45Mind Training
- 18:35Training
- 19:02Shut Down
- 19:34Questions
- 24:06Work from home
- 25:35Flow
- 26:49Mark Siemens
- 29:17The Rise of Superman
- 30:28Testdriven development
- 31:23Thoughts on flow
- 38:06Use your tools
- 39:27Productivity tools
- 40:18Email
- 41:16Zero Item Inbox
- 44:18Google Inbox
- 44:49Inbox
- 47:31Email Priority
- 50:39Automation
- 55:48Keyboard Driven Workflow
- 56:02Daves Website
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