Productivity

In this post I sketch out Big L notation, which plots your learning as a function of N years of experience, with P peers. » DEV Community | dev.to

Si quieres mejorar tu carrera, trabaja en lo que puedes, pero no dejes de perseguir lo que quieres, aunque sea un minuto al día » Alfonso Alcántara | empresas.blogthinkbig.com

Last year, I brought you 19 days of new (to you) productivity tools for 2019. » Kevin Sonney | opensource.com

El consultor José Miguel Bolívar (@jmbolivar) clasifica los comportamientos productivos en cuatro niveles: Eficacia es prestar atención a las cosas correctas. Eficiencia es prestar la atención correcta a cada cosa. Efectividad es prestar la atención correcta a las cosas correctas. Equilibrio es prestar la atención adecuada a todas las cosas. Tal vez no muchos directivos y profesionales puedan asegurar que están siquiera en el nivel 1 de productividad, es decir, que están prestando atención a las “cosas correctas”, porque para poder hacerlo, antes hay que decidir de forma específica cuáles son ahora los objetivos correctos en su empresa y/o en su carrera. » Alfonso Alcántara | blogthinkbig.com

This post is the first in series of showcases of some of the best non-standard command line tools I’ve discovered in recent years. If you ever make use of the command line, you’ll probably find that at least one item on this page will make your life easier. » DEV Community | dev.to

Have you ever amazed to see someone working very fast in UNIX, firing commands and doing things quickly? Yes, I have seen that a couple of times and It has always inspired me inspired to learn from those superstar developers. In this article, or tutorial, or whatever you call it, I have shared some UNIX command practices I follow to work fast, quick, or efficiently in Linux. » Hacker Noon | hackernoon.com

Like many others, I spend most of my day behind a computer. In order make the most of it (and to keep my body from complaining too much), I try to maintain an optimized setup. For example, I code in Vim, browse with Vimperator, and move windows around in i3. Another common task is filesystem navigation. I prefer to use the command-line for this, but typing cd ~/some/very/deep/often-used/directory over and over again does become cumbersome. ...

I may not be a great programmer, but I have a ton of fun programming. As a self-taught hacker, I’ve always enjoyed programming to a great extent–but everyone has their ups and downs. These are simply my reflections about what makes me happy while programming, and serves as reminder to myself why I should keep pushing onwards! » rdegges.com

A ton of discussion lately has been given to preprocessors. These incredibly useful tools make coding easier, faster and more maintainable, but they’re certainly not for everyone. Whether or not you’ve jumped on the preprocessor bandwagon, you should give a fresh look to an old favorite that helps you dramatically cut your coding time without reinventing your workflow with compilers and other complications: Zen Coding. » designhack.net

It’s important for programmers to challenge themselves. Creative and technical stagnation is the only alternative. In the spirit of the new year, I’ve compiled twelve month-sized resolutions. Each month is an annually renewable technical or personal challenge: Go analog. Stay healthy. Embrace the uncomfortable. Learn a new programming language. Automate. Learn more mathematics. Focus on security. Back up your data. Learn more theory. Engage the arts and humanities. Learn new software. Complete a personal project. » Matt Might | matt.might.net