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  • 2026-06-24

    Learning Faster as an Engineer: Retrieval Practice and Spacing

    An evidence-led guide to learning technical material faster: what retrieval practice, spacing and interleaving are, the key experiments and meta-analyses with their actual numbers, why rereading...

    Insightful · learning psychology retrieval practice spaced repetition memory interleaving desirable difficulties Anki software engineering English
  • 2026-02-25

    Procrastination Cheatsheet: What the Research Says

    An evidence-led cheatsheet on procrastination for engineers and knowledge workers: what it is and is not, why it happens (mood repair, task aversiveness, temporal motivation theory), what it...

    Insightful · procrastination productivity psychology self-regulation emotion regulation habits implementation intentions CBT software engineering English
  • 2025-12-30

    Deep Work in an Interrupt-Driven Job: Attention Residue and Context Switching

    What the research actually says about interruptions and focus: Sophie Leroy's attention residue, Gloria Mark's field and lab studies on fragmented work, Cal Newport's Deep Work, and Paul Graham's...

    Insightful · insightful productivity deep work attention residue context switching interruptions focus psychology software engineering planning Python English
  • 2025-06-18

    Cognitive Offloading: Using AI Without Losing Your Edge

    What the research says about cognitive offloading to AI, from the Google effect to the 2025 studies on critical thinking and ChatGPT, and a practical protocol for engineers to get the speed of AI...

    Insightful · insightful psychology learning AI LLMs GenAI critical thinking productivity software engineering English
  • 2020-04-04

    What a software architect should know

    The knowledge and understanding expected from a Software Architect.

    Dev · dev software architecture python libraries software engineering English

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