devt workspace

For a few years now, I have been running a Kanban-style task board in Notion to track things in my daily life. Not work sprints or product backlogs or anything work related. This year I have taken a bit more of an interest in its maintenance after letting a lot of things pile up in 2025. In early Jan while on leave, I cleaned out all the done and ice box items. ...

As a father of 2 young children, finding spare time to learn new things outside of work is difficult. Originally, this began as a reflection of a year in the Golang software language, but that only tells a part of a wider project. Instead, I want to talk about trying to get a software service product off the ground. Starting off I had an idea of the end goal, what I needed to learn to get there, & which tooling I could use to make it a reality. ...

Before COVID, almost half a decade ago, the productivity weblog Lifehacker ran a ‘How I Work’ series for many years. It is a great resource for how well-to-do people went about their days. A key philosophy of mine is that processes are fundamental to success, and how well you adhere to your own processes signals how likely you are to achieve an endeavour or goal. Of course, not all processes are perfect, reflection and refinement should be included with any sturdy process. ...