The Effective Developer

Will it make the boat go faster? In this episode, I'll talk about this quote, where it comes from, and why it is a great question to ask ourselves if what we're doing right now adds value to the situation.

Teaching is a great way of learning. In this episode, I'll talk about some reminders why "teaching" and all its forms is a great way of learning things.

In this episode, I'll talk about the importance to keep learning new things, as long as we're in this profession.

This episode is a reminder to distill what's important, in every situation, whether we're looking at new material, googling for an answer, or browsing Stack Overflow.

In this episode, we'll talking about the importance to look at the motivations and concepts when learning a technology, not just how it works on a code- or lower level.

In this episode, we're talking about a helpful method of improving our knowledge and detecting gaps in what we think we already know.

In this episode, we're talking about the famous (or infamous) "10x developers", why some of us are literally several factors more productive than others, knowledge workers, and the importance of "knowing what we're doing".

In this episode, I'll talk about willpower and how relying only on our willpower and good intention might not be sufficient for a successful day. Instead, we can control our environment, make a deliberate efforts about what is important, and set ourselves up for success.

In this episode, I'll talk about notifications and reminders, how we should avoid (almost) all notifications, a great productivity feature on our phones, and how we can use reminders or timers to get into the zone.

In this episode we'll talk about the importance to take the time to reflect and trying to get some insights about what we're currently working on. Just taking 5 minutes every day is already immensely helpful and we can ask ourselves some questions that implicitly point us towards some improvement: - Are you happy with how the day went? What went well, what didn't go well? - Was your work purposefu...

In this episode I'm interviewing Philip Riecks. Philip is a self-employed IT consultant who is regularly sharing content, recipes, tips & techniques, especially on the topics of testing and Spring Boot. We're talking about how Philip's ideal day looks, the Pomodoro technique, schedules, keyboard, desk, work setup, testing, setup, running the test suite, testing pyramids, ping pong test develop...

In this episode we talk about the value of self-imposed deadlines. Especially when we're quite free how we choose our goals and tasks, e.g. being self-employed or creating some work such as a book or YouTube videos, deadlines that are created by ourselves help us staying focused.

In this episode I'm interviewing Dr. Venkat Subramaniam. We're talking about what Venkat's ideally productive day looks like, how to structure a day when you have multiple jobs, compartmentalizing, dealing with the current pandemic situation, focusing on one task, humans as state machine, starting with 5 mins, being deliberate and disciplined, day planning, delegating, cognitive load, clearing tim...

In this episode I'm sharing some experiences and tips on how to handle the flood of emails effective. I'm sharing why I'm very happy with my Gmail setup, how achieving inbox zero is much more about processes than tools, and more.

In this episode I've interviewed Cliff Click, one of the core contributors of Java's HotSpot engine, an expert on all things compilers and programming languages, and inspiration on developer productivity. In the interview, we talked about Cliff's ideal day with regards to productivity, structuring ones day, dealing with the COVID situation, distractions, notifications, AA programming language, tim...

In this episode I'm sharing some experiences in how to do effective note taking while developing. While this topic sounds somewhat obvious, there's certainly value in knowing how to create and access notes at our fingertips.

In this episode I'm giving some examples how a simple task management process for developers could look like. As we've talked about before, it's less about using certain tools, and more about our approaches and mindsets.

In this episode we'll talk about time management, or actually task or priority management, as we should call it, how to effectively manage our todo lists, why reflecting on and planning our days is our friend, and more.

In this episode I want to share some tips how to focus better in our job. A lot of us are struggling with the current situation, myself included, and I wanted to share some things that helped me. This episode was recorded in Dec 2020.

This episode is about working remotely, some stories and tips how to stay healthy and productive, how to control the environments, and how to schedule your day, also while traveling. This episode was recorded in Dec 2020.

In this episode I'm interviewing Java Community Leader Steve Chin, who is well-known in the Java space. We talk about productivity, work setups, keyboard devices, laptops, typing ergonomics, key switches, working from home, workstations, tools for professionals, mice, mouse acceleration, avoiding strain injuries, gaming devices, importance of rest breaks, timers and tools for breaks, body posture,...

This episode is about my personal workstation setup that I'm using now. I'll talk about my keyboards, mouse devices, monitor setup, and software that I'm using and especially why. Some resources: - https://ultimatehackingkeyboard.com/ - Asus PB277Q 27" monitor - Anker Wireless Vertical Ergonomic Optical Mouse - https://i3wm.org/

In this episode I'm interviewing Java Guru Adam Bien, who is well-known in the Enterprise Java space. We talk about his work projects and approaches, technology standards, pet projects, travels and conferences, online events, music for coding, keyboards, laptops and laptop keyboards, MacBooks and ThinkPads, operating systems, Linux, window managers, constraints to improve productivity, focus, fram...

This episode is about workstations and ergonomic setups. We'll talk about standing desks, monitor heights, keyboards and mouse devices, and what other tips are to be considered when building up a workstation. Some further resources: - https://blog.sebastian-daschner.com/entries/tips-on-working-from-home - https://uhs.umich.edu/computerergonomics - https://ehs.princeton.edu/book/export/html/72

This episode is about work environments and working from home, some tips how to stay healthy and productive, mentally as well as physically, and how to schedule your day.