The Winter Throat

I like to occasionally write articles about things that pique my interest at work, or opinions that I form over the years.
Gotta Go Fast: Reducing friction in everyday work

Gotta Go Fast: Reducing friction in everyday work

🇺🇸 englishPublished October 2019 (at 29)#productivity#technology3050 words10 mn to read

It's safe to say programming, and everything around it, evolved tremendously since the Internet's beginnings. If you've ever created a Frontpage website or battled with Dreamweaver and Flash applications you know we've traveled a long way to get where we are now, and all along this way great strides were made to improve how we work. We got better languages, better tools around them, better integra...

Don't Notion shine when she's gone?

Don't Notion shine when she's gone?

🇺🇸 englishPublished July 2018 (at 28)#productivity2513 words8 mn to read

I like to think I'm a rather organised person. Not in every aspect of my life and not to the same extent in each, but I try my best to keep my thoughts in line. The problem with this, unfortunately, is that there is such a thing as counterproductive organisation. That is, the moment you're organised in such a fractured and unreliable way, that it becomes harmful to your end goal. It doesn't start...

Of links, feeds and fever

Of links, feeds and fever

🇺🇸 englishPublished January 2013 (at 23)#technology#productivity1509 words5 mn to read

In my branch there are a lot of things that make it possible to distinguish someone who does his job well from someone who doesn’t. Compliance with norms and standards, the reusability of the code, the consideration of accessibility, and so on. But above all, it is the willingness and ability to update oneself. It is this quality that makes people who are considered very good in their field right...

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I like to occasionally write articles about things that pique my interest at work, or opinions that I form over the years.
Gotta Go Fast: Reducing friction in everyday work

Gotta Go Fast: Reducing friction in everyday work

🇺🇸 englishPublished October 2019 (at 29)#productivity#technology3050 words10 mn to read

It's safe to say programming, and everything around it, evolved tremendously since the Internet's beginnings. If you've ever created a Frontpage website or battled with Dreamweaver and Flash applications you know we've traveled a long way to get where we are now, and all along this way great strides were made to improve how we work. We got better languages, better tools around them, better integra...

Don't Notion shine when she's gone?

Don't Notion shine when she's gone?

🇺🇸 englishPublished July 2018 (at 28)#productivity2513 words8 mn to read

I like to think I'm a rather organised person. Not in every aspect of my life and not to the same extent in each, but I try my best to keep my thoughts in line. The problem with this, unfortunately, is that there is such a thing as counterproductive organisation. That is, the moment you're organised in such a fractured and unreliable way, that it becomes harmful to your end goal. It doesn't start...

Of links, feeds and fever

Of links, feeds and fever

🇺🇸 englishPublished January 2013 (at 23)#technology#productivity1509 words5 mn to read

In my branch there are a lot of things that make it possible to distinguish someone who does his job well from someone who doesn’t. Compliance with norms and standards, the reusability of the code, the consideration of accessibility, and so on. But above all, it is the willingness and ability to update oneself. It is this quality that makes people who are considered very good in their field right...