Topic
Productivity
44 posts · Newest first
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Everyday you can start with a blank slate
A reminder to begin each day without baggage from how people have been in the past, and to let everyone have a fresh start.
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The lesson on punctuality was never forgotten
A short note that the lesson on punctuality was never forgotten.
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Blocking days and weeks just to execute
Endless thinking had turned the to-do into a forever list, so the plan is to block days and weeks for execution.
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Getting on a call with Dot is an underrated hack
A forty-minute conversation with a GPT Dot is called one of the most underrated productivity hacks.
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Token spend for the day stands at 1.54 billion
Daily token spend reaches 1.54 billion, all of it base-level work that should pay off in the near future.
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Ask your agent to repass its work at day end
A day end reminder to ask your agent for a second pass over its work, because it will find gaps and edge cases.
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Keep your phone in a different room
One hack for a productive day is to keep your phone in a different room from the one you are working in.
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Agents pick one issue for me every day at noon
Every day at noon, agents review my sites and each picks one issue ranked by business impact, so I have to fix things before noon.
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Zero strikes on my X Under the Hood report
The X Under the Hood report shows no post or account labels limiting visibility, and a case for X as the most transparent platform.
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A projects page that logs daily progress
A new projects page tracks progress at a glance, with Dot summarising git history at the end of each day and publishing the update.
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Checking 100 words for free .ai domains
Handing the bot 100 words to check .ai domain availability, the kind of menial work AI now sorts out.
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Engineering is about impact
Lines of code, PR counts, and tokens burnt matter less than getting better than yesterday.
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Respect for Sundar getting things done
Sundar Pichai follows up on a week-long Android review and asks what excuse is left for everyone else.
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Amrinder Gill displaces Raf Saperra
Caramel by Amrinder Gill becomes the new favourite song, while Ranjodh Singh Cheema keeps the writing credit.
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89 days to 2027
The daily countdown hits 89 days with a Coca-Cola can at the wheel and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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Quoting and dissing is easier than being original
A short note that quote-posting and criticizing is easy compared with being original.
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90 days to 2027
The daily countdown hits 90 days with a teal espresso cup at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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91 days to 2027
The daily countdown hits 91 days with an espresso at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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92 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 92 days with a cold Coke at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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Active followers outnumber average views on X
X shows hundreds of active followers while average views stay around a hundred.
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Engineering is easy; spending a day engineering is hard
A short contrast between knowing engineering and actually spending the day doing it.
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Talk doesn't cook rice
A one-line reminder that talk alone does not get the work done.
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October fired up a late-night work session
Seeing October 1st sparked a work stretch that ran until 5 AM.
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93 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 93 days, with iced coffee at the desk and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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94 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 94 days, with a teal coffee-cup photo and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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95 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 95 days, with a Coca-Cola photo and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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96 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 96 days, paired with a Coca-Cola photo and the same Dylan Thomas lines.
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Questions about using OpenClaw
Asks whether OpenClaw produces concrete results, becomes a lasting routine, and deserves a recommendation.
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Three blog tasks completed on a walk
A walk became time to finish OG images, RSS, and blog submission work with a Grok bot.
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97 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 97 days, quoting the same call to make the remaining time count.
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Signal adds on-device backups
Signal now supports on-device backups, shown on the Backups settings screen.
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99 days to 2027
The daily countdown hits 99 days, with the same call to rage against wasted time.
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100 days to 2027
The daily countdown hits 100 days, with the same call to make the remaining time count.
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101 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 101 days, quoting the same call to rage against wasted time.
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When unreliable internet breaks the workflow
Two hours of internet trouble interrupting the workday.
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102 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 102 days: a reminder to make the remaining time count.
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Fixing yesterday’s issues before the bots check again
A daily deadline to resolve flagged issues before the bots review progress at noon.
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103 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 103 days, with another reminder to use the time ahead.
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Time blocking, an MCP update, and TestFlight builds
The first of two daily sprints wraps up with MCP changes and iOS apps sent to TestFlight.
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Lessons from the gym on grit and patience
Reflections on the gym, stubbornness, moving calmly, and choosing the weight for a set.
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A two-hour sprint to ship an MCP
Setting aside two focused hours to deploy a useful MCP tool.
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Applying AI until you become ungovernable
A thought on using AI extensively and how much it can help a person achieve.
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104 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 104 days, continuing the reminder to make each day matter.
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105 days to 2027
The countdown stands at 105 days, with a reminder to keep moving toward the new year.