WHAT I'M WORKING ON
Productivity reset
Interesting title, isn't it?
Agentic engineering makes me develop much faster, but it also made me more addictive. I want to do everything I can to create more focus on managing my agent tasks. After spending time at Disneyland, Paris, last week, I found myself inspired by a refreshed view. It's always good to every now and then step out of your bubble and think out of the box.
I realized that I lose a lot of time every week:
- I check my email all over the day
- Many emails that I receive I delete without reading
- Some emails stay unread forever, kind of as a todo
These are all email focused, but I also have these:
- When waiting on agents to complete, I find myself getting lost on socials
- Weeks contain repetitive tasks, like responding to support emails or handling invoices
The list could continue, but I want to make a clear point: these are all tasks that can be automated, optimized, or even better: prevented.
So what I did today:
- Unsubscribed from many email lists
- Restructure my days to only read emails in the beginning and ending of my day
- Applied automations to handle invoices directly (Mostly using Zapier)
But that's not all: I found myself working on multiple different projects at the same time. Agentic developing allows me to do that, but it does introduce context overload. Instead, I've been reading up on parallel development on the same project. This keeps me within the same domain, while doing much more work. Still early days, but I see myself working on projects in focused block more efficiently compared to working on multiple apps at the same time.
Let's see how this evolves. I'm sure this sparks questions and interest, so make sure to check out this v0.0.1 of my next course landing page to sign up for something coming later this year.
