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kody··on Ask HN: What tools have most helped your day-to-day productivity?
The timer on my watch for Pomodoro. The tactile alarm is less jarring than audio.

Also Vim.

kody··on Show HN: Devstream.tv – Watch developers code live
I don't disagree with you, but I personally think it's a poor design choice. Why not let the user decide which content to watch?
kody··on Show HN: Devstream.tv – Watch developers code live
Please don't auto play videos on your site.
kody··on We strip news of bias so it’s just the news
Yes, it is.

One of the 'stories' here is a listicle of biased headlines. How is that unbiased or helpful in any way?

kody··on Dropbox and Google Cloud integrations
I'm in the same boat with my organization. My guess is that you'll be able to store the .gdoc 'files' in Dropbox and opening them will open the docs in your web browser, just like Drive File Stream.

I'm also curious how this will work with things like Team Drives. You cannot copy a folder from one Team Drive to another (unless you're a domain admin, and even then the folder's URL changes), for example.

kody··on Dropbox and Google Cloud integrations
I moved from Drive to Dropbox as part of my plan to become less reliant on Google's ecosystem and start self hosting and/or paying for online services.

I've stuck with Dropbox for a while because it's easy to set up, portable, the iOS app is fantastic, and I feel like my data isn't being siphoned off to advertisers.

kody··on Ask HN: Whats your digest/newsfeed like? What do you read?
I use and recommend Inoreader.

I follow a few sites uncategorized longread sites like:

- Aeon

- Nautilus

- Ribbonfarm

For tech news, I follow:

- Ars Technica

- TechCrunch

- Recode

- Hackaday

- A tech multi-reddit subscribed to ~10 tech-related subreddits

I update my tech news feed every 6 months or so. I'm overdue for an update.

I also have a food feed, which follows various recipe sites and cooking blogs.

I try to read through Inoreader and reddit once per day.

kody··on Ask HN: Whats your digest/newsfeed like? What do you read?
How do you keep up with news related to your job?

I've stopped following news-news (political, world, etc.) but I still follow a number of tech sites and blogs so I don't miss anything important.

kody··on Starbucks’ Wi-Fi Found Using People’s Laptops to Mine Monero
This is important information and should be in the title.
kody··on Manuscript – Project management, issue tracking, and support
You're not nitpicking. Introductory pricing is not clear or upfront.
kody··on Ask HN: What team password managers do you use?
I use LastPass for about 20 people. It's easy to administrate and totally eliminated our bad password habits. The biggest benefits for us were shared folders, groups, and how easy it is to install on any browser or mobile device.
kody··on Atlassian launches Stride, its Slack competitor
I don't use any Atlassian products, but I see the appeal of a Slack-like chat app that natively integrates with other Atlassian products - particularly for knowledge management purposes. Businesses can configure/customize Slack to do this, but it's not really intuitive.
kody··on Managers: Don't translate your stress
Ditto. When I started eating better (i.e. less) hunger immediately started affecting my mood.

Now I handle this with - Cashews in my desk - Frequent water and coffee breaks - Minimum 15 minute walk outside during lunch

It's worked out pretty well for me so far.

kody··on Treating performance as a product: The technical story of Asana’s rewrite
I also find that it's much faster in Firefox.
kody··on Ask HN: How do you spend your free time in office?
I set goals for what I want to accomplish that evening and over the weekend. My wife and I have a running shared todo list that we reorganize and prioritize when we have free time. By the time we get home, we can start getting things done instead of watching TV all night.
kody··on Ask HN: Coping with Loneliness
Use Meetup.com to find people with similar interests. Write down a list of things you enjoy doing with other people (hiking, board games, whiskey tastings), join 15-20 Meetup groups, and start attending meetups that appeal to you. This helped me find a group of hikers and discovered lesser-known hiking spots after moving to a new city.

I am an introvert, and meetups are a good way for me to control the circumstances and volume of socializing in my life.

kody··on To Learn Programming, Do Projects You Care About
I got my start by writing mods for Morrowind. The easy learning curve and ability to see my work in near-real time definitely sparked my interest in programming. Modding (and interacting with the Morrowind mod community) also taught me how to A) ask questions the smart way and B) deal with toxic internet folks very early in my internet career. I honestly wish I could thank the people who helped me and dealt with my 12-year-old self.
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