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  1. The president's doctor: Why your projects take forever

    Spoiler: Things wait. A lot. A tale of efficiency, but for whom?

    Jared Turner
    November 5, 2024
    • Productivity
    • Workflow
  2. Use ChatGPT to save time and focus on what matters

    Learn quick ways ChatGPT can help with various admin functions, making your life easier and workflows smoother - saving time for more creative, strategic work.

    Victoria Bell
    July 3, 2024
    • Workflow
    • Artificial Intelligence
  3. Tips for working across timezones

    7 tips for working with teammates in different time zones.

    Ferdia Kenny
    August 11, 2023
    • Productivity
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  4. Tips for Joining an Existing Project 💡

    If, like me, you don’t like change (who does?!), here are some tips that I have picked up along the way to try and help ease the transition onto an existing project.

    Sami Birnbaum
    July 25, 2022
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  5. Getting Up and Running Quickly When Joining a Project

    Joining an existing project as a developer comes with loads of challenges. If you need some inspiration on how to become more productive quicker, this article is for you.

    Jonas Meinerz
    January 31, 2022
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  6. Break apart your features into full-stack slices

    I often see people split work into horizontal slices. Ticket A: database tables and models. Ticket B: controllers. Ticket C: front-end. There’s something better — full-stack slices.

    German Velasco
    October 16, 2020
    • Project Management
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  7. Confirm your changes at the end of a git rebase

    It’s not always obvious what changed in your code after a git rebase. This tool makes changes more visible and helps you undo them if needed.

    Jonas Meinerz
    April 28, 2020
    • Git
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  8. Auto-squashing Git Commits

    Help your teammates and keep your Git history clean by using autosquash and interactive rebase to automatically squash fixup commits before merging.

    George Brocklehurst and thoughtbot
    June 15, 2015
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