Coping strategies for the serial project hoarder

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Peopleware: productive projects and teams

Demarco and Lister demonstrate that the major issues of…

21 Productivity Hacks I’ve Picked Up Over the Years

A thorough list of practical productivity methods I've used and refined over the last 16 years.

10 things I do to keep open source projects healthy and stress free.

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The 10 Best Practices for Remote Software Engineering

At face value, when we think of developer productivity we might think of effectiveness in time management, communication, and task completion.14 Although we are drawn to personal workflow or time management tools, and learning secrets to improving our productivity, ironically this quest for the holy grail can sometimes take us off course and be a detriment to our productivity. The problem is that accomplishing tasks or having a filled up schedule does not necessarily equate to productivity. Creating a formulaic working strategy, as was common in the last century, does not either.a,8,13 Productivity is less a quality that can be easily measured,b controlled, or improved directly with tools, but instead is a human element that manifests from developer happiness.

My productivity app is a never-ending .txt file

The biggest transition for me when I started college was learning to get organized. There was a point when I couldn't just remember everything in my head. And having to constantly keep track of things was distracting me from whatever task I was doing at the moment.

Implementing an Idea-Management System — LessWrong

This post is for you if: • 1. Projects that excite you are growing to be a burden on your to-do list 2. You have a nagging sense that you’re not ma…

When your project isn’t making money

It might be that you’re losing money on every sale (Which means that each and every item you sell, every service you perform, costs you money. Bigger won’t make you better…) Becau…

The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

Six years, no deadlines, and one rule: write some code every day. That slow, stubborn routine turned a side project into a sustainable search company.

I Spent 2 years Launching Tiny Projects | Tiny Projects

Two years ago, frustrated with a long list of unfulfilled project ideas in my phone notes, I decided to give myself one week to try each idea out in its tiniest form.

Strategies for Long Projects - Ben Brostoff

I’m in the middle of three multi-month to a year projects right now: Writing a book Running a marathon Building a ...

Imagining your future projects is holding you back.

There is no book. There is only Idea Debt.

In 2026, I’m no longer interested in ‘working on myself’

We think of ourselves as full-time projects, but what if doing so much inner work does more harm than good?

Productivity styles and why they matter for you and your team - Inside Atlassian

Discover the the four different productivity styles, how to tell which one is yours, and how to use this knowledge to do your best work.

The Missing Middle of Open Source

Why serious, maintainer-driven projects struggle to sustain themselves—and what it will take to fix it.

How to balance full-time work with creative projects – The Creative Independent

A guide to finding the right day job, protecting your time, and building creative habits by Jeffrey Silverstein. Illustrated by Sunny Eckerle.