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[–] [email protected] 39 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 30 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

Pro tip: Keep a log of your work in a text file. I write a few bullet points for each day and on Friday write a "Next Week" section for my todos on that following Monday. Helps reduce the cognitive load of trying to remember what the hell you were about to do next.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 minutes ago

AKA a WAR, which is an unnecessarily aggressive acronym for "weekly action report."

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

I sort of do this in a block comment at the top of some scripts I write.

Changelog for Completed Stuff and Future Features for todo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I write down my current/next thoughts on a Post-It and stick it to my keyboard for Monday Noodle.