Hacks to Work More Efficiently- Rain Leander
summary
Proposes six concrete hacks: pattern‑match new tech to known stacks, limit scope to one workflow then one activity, prefer local MySQL or sqlite, use Docker and Temporal SDK with an IDE (switched from Vim to PyCharm) to get actionable errors, use Pomodoro and hydration breaks, and build a playful minimal app — a poker CLI in three days that actually shuffles deals and runs. Emphasizes mapping Django→Laravel and keeping experiments small and reproducible.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Welcome
- 1:52Learning new tech
- 4:42Pattern matching for learning
- 7:32Learning in the open
- 11:05Start small
- 15:30Build something playful
- 18:44Personalize learning
- 21:54Adapt tools and rules
- 24:46Break rules
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