A Useful Productivity Measure?
📰 productivity
Basic Things
Doing is normally distributed, learning is log-normal
My conspiracy theory on why software estimation is such garbage
weeklyfoo #35 / 2024-06-03productivity
Essays on programming I think about a lot
Getting out of meetings and into focused work
meetings aren’t work — they’re a cost of getting work done
weeklyfoo #27 / 2024-04-08productivity
High-Functioning Workaholism
How I give the right amount of context (in any situation)
Most people suck at managing up. They waste their manager’s time with too much (or too little) information. Here’s how to give the right amount of context.
weeklyfoo #36 / 2024-06-10productivity
Inbox ten
lifehacks
Measuring Developer Productivity: Real-World Examples
A deepdive into developer productivity metrics used by Google, LinkedIn, Peloton, Amplitude, Intercom, Notion, Postman, and 10 other tech companies.
weeklyfoo #16 / 2024-01-22productivity
My 3 Step Process for Writing Clean Code
Raw hours
Ship something every day
Full ack on - The dopamine rush of your code being shipped
weeklyfoo #37 / 2024-06-17productivity
Software Engineers Need a Brag Doc
I’m maintaining a brag doc since four years now and it really helps me to keep track of all the things I’ve done.
weeklyfoo #22 / 2024-03-04productivity
The Productivity apps I use in 2024
Always worth it reading these kind of lists like this one from Cassidy Williams
weeklyfoo #66 / 2025-01-06productivity
What type of interruptions impact developer productivity most?
Surprising: self-interruptions are more disruptive than external interruptions.
weeklyfoo #19 / 2024-02-12productivity
Why you need a WTF Notebook