Announcing Life Tracker - A New Obsidian Plugin
Capturing and leveraging the data that matters shouldn't be that hard! Introducting the Life Tracker plugin for Obsidian
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256 articles and counting... 🎉
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Build Your Knowledge System for Decades, Not Months: Why Long-Term Thinking Matters in PKM
Most people build knowledge systems for today. Smart people build them for decades. Here's why that choice matters more than you think, and how to make the right decisions
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Obsidian Starter Kit 3.0.2 is Live 🎉
Obsidian Starter Kit 3.0.2 is now available
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Black Friday Sale - 24H Left 🤯
Black Friday offer. The clock is ticking. Only 24H left!
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12 Common Personal Knowledge Management Mistakes (And How to Avoid Them)
Most people fail at Personal Knowledge Management before they even get started — here are the 12 traps to avoid.
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Black Friday Week Offer: -30%
Black Friday Week Promotion!
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Obsidian Starter Kit v3 is Live 🎉
Obsidian Starter Kit v3 is here, and it's HUGE
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Stop Losing Your Best Ideas - The Journaling System That Changed My Life
Your brain generates brilliant insights daily, but most disappear forever. Here's the journaling system I've refined over a decade to capture, connect, and compound my best ideas into real progress.
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The Past, Present and Future of Digital Knowledge Management: From Paper to AI-Enhanced Systems
Explore the fascinating evolution of Knowledge Management from isolated documents to AI-enhanced knowledge graphs, and discover what the future holds for how we capture, connect, and leverage our ideas.
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Obsidian Starter Kit v2.3.0: Your Knowledge System Just Got Even Better 🎉
Obsidian Starter Kit v2.3.0 is here with enhanced templates, AI-ready structure, and workflows used by 1,000+ professionals. Skip months of setup time.
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Free Knowledge Management Workshop
Time to fix your mental overload issue. Time to get on top of everything. Time to get organized (for real). Time to understand and leverage knowledge management.
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The Reasons I'll Never Switch from Obsidian to Tana
Tana and Obsidian are both awesome. But not for everyone. Here are the reasons why I choose Obsidian over Tana
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Birthday Promo 🎉
A special offer for my 42nd Birthday
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Stop Tweaking Your Tools and Start Actually Using Them - How Perfectionism is Killing Your Productivity
Discover why your endless tool customization is actually procrastination in disguise, and how to break free from the tweaking trap.
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Everyone Told Me This Reading Method Was Wrong. Now I Read 3X More Books and Never Get Bored
Discover why reading multiple books in parallel isn't cheating. It's the "secret" to deeper understanding, better retention, and falling in love with reading again.
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10 Essential Knowledge Management Methods Every Professional Should Master
Stop drowning in information. Transform scattered thoughts into organized knowledge with these 10 proven methods
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The Hidden Cost of Ignoring Knowledge Management - What You're Missing Out On
Knowledge Management isn't just more work—it's a practice that can 10-100x your focus, output, and understanding. Discover what you're missing.
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Beyond Note-Taking - Creating a Playground for Your Mind
Discover how a Personal Knowledge Management system creates a dedicated playground for your mind – a space where ideas flourish, connections form, and your thinking reaches new heights
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It's a Tool, Not a Goal - Why Your PKM System Should Stay Simple
Stop wasting time perfecting your PKM setup. Learn why focusing on habits first leads to better results, and how to build an effective system incrementally.
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Making the Most of Daily Notes as Your Knowledge Inbox - A Content Creator's Guide
Learn how to transform your daily notes into a powerful content creation funnel that helps you capture, process, and publish valuable content consistently.
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Personal Knowledge Management at Scale - Analyzing 8,000 Notes and 64,000 Links
A deep dive into the technical implementation and analysis of my Personal Knowledge Management system containing 8,000 notes and 64,000 links, exploring its architecture, key principles, automation and impact.
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How to Choose the Right Tools for Your PKM System
Learn how to choose the right Personal Knowledge Management tools without getting lost in endless options and features. A practical guide focused on what really matters.
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The Knowledge Funnel - From Capture to Connected Notes
Transform your scattered notes into valuable, connected knowledge with this systematic approach to knowledge ingestion. Learn how to effectively process both analog and digital inputs into your PKM system.
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Streamline Your Note-Taking - Why Daily Notes Should Be Your Capture System
Transform your note-taking workflow by using daily notes as your primary capture system. Learn how to maintain focus, save time, and create better connections between your ideas
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The Art of Reading Slowly - Why Speed Isn't Everything
Discover how taking notes while reading can transform you from a passive consumer of information into an active learner, helping you retain and apply knowledge for lasting impact
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Deep Thinking in a Fast World - The Case for Asynchronous Communication
Discover how embracing asynchronous communication can transform slow thinking from a perceived weakness into a professional strength, leading to deeper insights and better workplace contributions.
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Supercharge Your Knowledge Capture Workflow with the Obsidian Web Clipper
Stop juggling multiple tools and supercharge your knowledge capture workflow with Obsidian's powerful Web Clipper browser extension
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Why Obsidian is All You Need - From Simple Notes to Complete Productivity
Discover why Obsidian isn't just another note-taking app, but a complete system for managing your knowledge, tasks, projects, and digital life.
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Transform Information Chaos Into Knowledge Power - A Simple 10-Step Process
Most knowledge workers are drowning in information but starving for wisdom. Discover a simple yet powerful process to transform scattered information into meaningful knowledge and action.
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Overcoming Perfectionism: How to Break Free from the Enemy of Progress
Discover how perfectionism hinders progress and learn practical strategies to overcome the fear of imperfection, boost productivity, and achieve your goals without getting stuck in the pursuit of flawlessness
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Your habits and routines make you
Discover how your daily habits and routines shape your identity, success, and overall life outcomes.
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The Must-Have Obsidian plugins for 2025
An overview of the best Obsidian plugins. Make sure to read this and try these out!
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How to define and revisit your career goals
Learn how to define and revisit your career goals, align them with your life objectives, and create a fulfilling professional journey that optimizes for happiness and personal growth.
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Career choices - A Story about Alignment and Cohesion
Make better career decisions, and live an happier life. An essay discussing how to make more fulfilling career choices, and pitfalls to avoid when making those.
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The Power of Modern Knowledge Management for Business Professionals
Unlock your business potential with cutting-edge knowledge management strategies for enhanced productivity and decision-making
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100 Days of Note-taking - Day 1
100 days of note-taking challenge - day 1
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Pick a tool, and stick with it
Stop chasing the perfect tool—embrace the one that works well enough, use it for long enough, and focus on mastering it
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Advice for people getting started with Knowledge Management and Writing
Many people quickly become overwhelmed when they get started with note-taking and knowledge management. Here's how to avoid that.
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Obsidian Starter Kit Launch - I need YOU
Announcing the launch of the Obsidian Starter Kit on Product Hunt
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How to create new content using your existing notes
Transform atomic notes into cohesive linear content with this step-by-step guide.
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New Release: Obsidian Starter Kit 2.2.0
Release of v2.2.0 of the Obsidian Starter Kit, now including a powerful book management system
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Interleaving books
Here's why you should read multiple books at once.
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How I manage books and summaries in Obsidian
This is a tutorial explaining how to manage books and summaries in Obsidian, including how to create a list and a gallery of books
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New Release: Obsidian Starter Kit 2.1.0
Release of v2.1.0 of the Obsidian Starter Kit
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Overview of my Personal Knowledge Management System
Discover my Personal Knowledge Management System and get some inspiration to design a robust one for yourself.
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How I Organize My Work As a Solo Founder
Discover how I organize my work as a solo founder using systems that boost productivity, focus, maintain balance, and help me achieve mental clarity and consistent progress.
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Knowledge Worker Kit - Announcement
A product update for the Knowledge Worker Kit
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How I synchronize and backup my Obsidian Notes
Discover effective methods to synchronize and backup your Obsidian notes. This comprehensive guide covers using Syncthing, Google Drive, GitHub, Backblaze, and local backups to ensure your notes are secure and accessible from any device.
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How To Free Your Mind and Enhance Your Memory: Write To Forget, Not To Remember
Write more. Free your mind, and reduce cognitive load. Learn why writing to forget can help you remember what truly matters. Explore the benefits and techniques of building a personal knowledge base.
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You Need a Fourth Place: A Space to Think
You need a place for deep thinking, a personal "sanctuary". A Fourth place. Here's why.
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The Gradual Return On Investment of PKM
Discover why the true value of Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) takes time to manifest and how patience can yield long-term leverage.
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Breaking Down the Walls of Personal Information Silos. Towards Connected Knowledge
Why you need to break the walls of your Personal Information Silos to enable connected knowledge and unlock your full potential.
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Unlocking Efficiency and Consistency in Note-Taking: The Power of Templates in Personal Knowledge Management.
Unlock the power of templates in note-taking and personal knowledge management
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Embracing Fluidity in Knowledge Management: The Cattle Approach to Ideas
Transform your ideas into a thriving ecosystem! Embrace the Cattle approach to Personal Knowledge Management. Let ideas grow, merge, and flourish.
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Closing Open Loops: The Key to a Calmer, More Productive Mind
Unlocking Mental Clarity and Peak Productivity by Mastering the Art of Closing Open Loops
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The Power of Setting Achievable Goals: How Lowering the Bar Leads to Success
Exploring the transformative power of setting achievable goals, this blog post delves into the art of breaking down grand ambitions into manageable tasks to foster progress and reduce stress
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Amplify the Signal, Not the Noise: The Power of Personal Knowledge Management
Knowledge Management can help you uncover and focus on what really matters.
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How to Split Long Notes into Atomic Notes: A Comprehensive Guide
A comprehensive guide on splitting long notes into atomic notes within a Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system, highlighting the benefits, and practical steps
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In Defense of Using Fewer Tools
How Fewer Tools Can Enhance Personal Organization, Productivity, and Knowledge Management
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My top 10 articles about Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
Discover my 10 most popular articles about note-taking and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
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Unlocking Potential: The Value of Transitioning from Analog to Digital
Unlock the Power of Digital: Transition from analog to digital for endless possibilities! Convert paper notes to a digital Personal Knowledge Management system, connect ideas, and harness the future of knowledge
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The Art of Note Naming: Keys to Effective Knowledge Management
Unlock the full potential of your Knowledge Management system by mastering the art of crafting clear, concise, and organized note names – the secret to transforming your chaotic digital world into a seamlessly searchable, highly efficient repository of wisdom
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Personal Organization 101
Do you feel disorganized? Overwhelmed? Lost? Drowned in a mess? Do you regularly forget tasks? Do you miss your deadlines? Do you lose your files? If any of those ring a bell, then you may need to read this!
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How to connect ideas together
As you learn and grow, you'll accumulate more and more knowledge. While each piece is important, the relationships between ideas is, at least, as important as the ideas themselves.
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Guarding Your Focus: Essential Strategies to Protect Your Attention
Attention is a prized currency. Basically, every company around you is trying to grab your attention to get a return on investment. What does it mean for lifelong learners and knowledge workers? What are the pitfalls to avoid and ways to leverage that to learn better and be more productive?
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Why You Should Link Knowledge to Time
Knowledge and time are closely related. What is the relationship between those and what does it imply for lifelong learners and knowledge management? Let's find out!
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On the Importance of Writing
Writing is an essential skill to develop if you want to reach “the next level” in your Knowledge Work career. Here's why.
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The KISS principle
We should all apply the KISS principle to everything in our lives
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The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Obsidian
Unlock the power of Obsidian with this ultimate beginner's guide, from setup to advanced note-taking and knowledge management techniques.
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Why you need a Personal Organization System
The need for Personal Organization becomes clear once you start feeling overwhelmed. It may happen for many reasons. Let's explore some of those.
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Introducing the Knowledge Worker Kit
Knowledge work is everywhere, and information keeps getting more and more overwhelming. The Knowledge Worker Kit and its private community are here to help!
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The Crucial Role of Setting and Pursuing Goals
Clarity is not only about values, but also about knowing what your goals are. In this article, I want to explore the reasons why setting and pursuing goals is essential for personal and professional success.
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Don't start exploring Personal Knowledge Management without reading this first
Essential insights and foundational Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) principles you need to know before you start.
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Take less information in, but do more with it
If you struggle to filter the noise in your life and feel like you're not taking advantage of what you consume, then this article is for you.
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How to fight against inertia to change the world
Changing the world requires knowing how to fight against inertia in all its shapes and forms. Here's how.
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How to Capture Your Thoughts and Ideas
Discover how to capture all your ideas and insights. Never lose a great idea again!
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How PKM and Note-Taking Tools Help Think More Effectively
Knowledge Management and Note-taking tools help think deeper and reach another level of focus.
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There's a lot more to journaling than what most people think
There's a lot more to journaling than what most people think... I've been journaling for a number of years, and it has helped me tremendously! Here's why...
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Automatically Move Notes in Obsidian
Avoid wasting time moving files around in Obsidian. Automate everything!
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Announcing the Obsidian Starter Course
Discover the Obsidian Starter Course. A key starting point for your Knowledge Management journey with Obsidian
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Understanding Eventual Reciprocity
Eventual reciprocity is a long-term game that can help you build better relationships, accumulate trust, social capital, reputation, and has unexpected benefits.
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Continuous Note-Taking With Evergreen Notes
Note-taking/note-making is continuous. Keep coming back to your notes to improve them, instead of considering those as "final". Here's why.
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On the importance of non-goals
Goals are key to progress, but non-goals are complementary, and help go in the right direction. Here's why.
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Why all solopreneurs should write a journal
Explore how journaling can be a game-changer for solopreneurs, unlocking creativity, enhancing productivity, and guiding personal and business growth
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Choose Active Learning over Learning Just in Case
Learning just in time and just in case are both useful. But there's a balance to be found, and strategic thinking to apply. Be mindful of what, why and how you learn.
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How to communicate with your future self
Most people struggle to communicate with others. Sometimes they realize, sometimes they don't. But many would also benefit from better communicating with their future self. Here's why it matters, and how to do it.
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Unlocking Founder Success: The Essential Guide to Journaling for Business Growth
Discover the transformative power of journaling for founders, unlocking creativity, strategic insight, and personal growth to propel your business forward.
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Summary of what alcohol does to your body, brain and health
No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health. Here's why.
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How I use daily notes
An overview of how I use daily notes and how I extract knowledge from those.
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Be Grateful for the Small Things Too
Discover the transformative power of appreciating life's simple pleasures. Practice gratitude and find joy in the small things
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Chasing Joy Over Career: Why Happiness Should Be Your Priority Now
Stop optimizing for money and status. Focus on happiness instead.
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How to Prepare for the Future of Knowledge Work
Large Language Models are here to stay, and they might change everything. How can we prepare for the future of knowledge work?
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Ten Personal Knowledge Management Practices to Explore and Master
Ten practices that you should explore to improve your Personal Knowledge Management skills
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Mastering Atomic Notes: Unlock Efficiency and Knowledge Management
Discover the power of atomic notes with this comprehensive guide. Learn how to streamline your note-taking process, enhance learning efficiency, and build a robust personal knowledge management system.
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Maximizing Daily Success: The Power of Focusing on One Goal Each Day
One goal per day is all you need. Transform your productivity, and focus.
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Meeting with yourself
Meeting with yourself can profoundly impact your wellbeing, happiness and productivity. Don't miss out on the opportunity!
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The Enduring Value of Timeless Concepts
Timeless concepts are safe bets when learning
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It's Great to Participate in the Transformation (GPT)
Conversational AIs are here to stay. Learn how to use those to remain relevant
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The poison of Perfectionism
Perfectionism is a poison. It's a disease that we need to understand and fight against. Here's why.
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Content curation as a way to level up communities
Explore how content curation powers community growth and engagement by selectively organizing and sharing knowledge to foster connections and learning
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Focus on things that don't change
Focus on things that don't change to build solid foundations and invest your time in the best possible way.
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Introducing the IT Concepts Wall
Discover the IT Concepts Wall, a huge collection of resources about IT and Software Development.
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Unlocking Your Learning Potential: The Essential Guide to Meta-Learning
Explore the transformative power of meta-learning and unlock the secrets to effective learning strategies with this comprehensive guide.
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Optimism, pessimism and freedom
Optimists tend to find more creative solutions. Here's why.
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Beyond Human Memory: Leveraging Tools for Thought (TfTs) to Enhance Reliability and Creativity
Explore how transcending human memory limitations with reliable tools for thought can significantly boost creativity, productivity, and innovation
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How to Structure Your Daily Notes in Obsidian
Discover the ultimate guide on structuring daily notes in Obsidian to maximize productivity and clarity. Learn practical tips and strategies to organize your thoughts, tasks, and projects effectively
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Showing Obsidian front matter using Dataview queries
How to use the dataview plugin to display the YAML front matter of Obsidian notes as a table
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How to fight against decision fatigue
Our decision-making power is limited. Each day, it quickly depletes as we make decisions. Learn more about decision fatigue and discover tips to avoid it
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Are my Thoughts Useful?
Thoughts are nothing more and nothing less than thoughts. We don't have to accept them as true. Read this to learn more about cognitive defusion.
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Community Knowledge Management
Communities need specific Knowledge Management solutions. Here's why
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Systems for health, intention, productivity, learning, knowledge, information management and control
How systems thinking can change your life
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Keep the power to end things
Ending things is a superpower. Don't give it up too easily!
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Why is Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) useful
The key reasons why Personal Knowledge Management is useful
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Effective note-taking tips
Top tips for effective note-taking
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Note-taking vs Note-making
Taking notes and making notes are different but complementary. Learn about the difference and why you should care
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A Place For What's On Your Mind
Free your mind from all those details. Learn how to manage the things that are on your mind.
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Why Take and Make Notes
Discover how note-taking and note-making can transform stress into serenity, enhancing mental health, focus, and tranquility through effective journaling practices
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The Capture Habit
Why capturing ideas and concepts can make a huge difference for your personal development and career
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Avoiding Cognitive Overload
Close those tabs to regain mental resources and be more productive
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Calm businesses are a viable path too
Startups and fast growth are not the only way. Creating a calm business is also a viable path to success
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Saving and Restoring Mental Contexts to Improve Mental Health and Productivity
This article explores mental contexts and the importance of handling those properly to improve mental health and productivity
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The Feynman Technique
Improve the way you Learn with the Feynman Technique, a simple approach to learn more effectively.
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Why and How to Tag Your Notes
Tags are a great way to categorize, describe and track your notes. This post will show you how to approach tagging the notes in your PKM
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Periodic Reviews for a Happier and More Productive Life
Discover how to leverage periodic reviews to achieve your goals and get more out of your life
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Maps of Content (MoCs) for better Knowledge Graphs
Understand what Maps of Content (MoCs) are in the PKM ecosystem. Discover why they are useful and how they can help strengthen your Knowledge Graph
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Boost Your Creativity With The Zettelkasten Method
Discover the Zettelkasten Method, one of the most powerful note-taking systems. With it, you will boost your productivity and creativity.
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Organize Anything With The Johnny Decimal System
Discover how the Johnny Decimal system simplifies information organization, making data filing and retrieval simple, efficient, and intuitive
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Organize Everything With The LIFT principle
Discover the LIFT principle and why you should apply it to better organize data, information and knowledge
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Organize Anything With The PARA Method
Discover how the PARA method transforms digital chaos into structured clarity, revolutionizing your productivity and knowledge management.
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Markdown introduction
Discover the Markdown syntax, what it is, how to use it, and why
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Why you need a single source of truth for your PKM system
Having a single source of truth for all types of data in your PKM is key to a solid system
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The mythical right time: Don't Wait to Chase Your Dreams
Waiting for the right time is an illusion. Let me tell you why
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Introducing the Obsidian Starter Kit
Discover the Obsidian Starter Kit. It will help you get started with Obsidian with a solid and scalable organization system
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It's later than you think
Time is of the essence. Time flies, and it's later than you think
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25+ Years of Personal Knowledge Management. From Scattered Ideas to Connected Thoughts
In this post, I describe my entire Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) system and its evolution over 25+ years
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How to capture book notes and turn those into smart notes
How to capture thoughts, ideas, and knowledge to retain more from the books you read
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Introducing the Personal Knowledge Management Library
Learn how to learn and explore Personal Knowledge Management with the PKM Library. Thousands of resources at your fingertips
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Why you should take notes while reading non-fiction books
Discover how note-taking while reading non-fiction books can dramatically enhance your understanding and retention
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The focusd community: Let's focus on Zen Productivity
Discover the focusd community, a space for people who want to be more focused and productive without burning out
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My current Indie Hacking toolkit
Discover some of the tools I use as an Indie Hacker and creator
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How to build a Product: From idea to code
How to go from an idea to an actual product. A story about product development
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How to think logically
Learn what it means to think logically. Cultivate thought processes to help you better solve problems
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Personal Knowledge Management organization
In this post, I dissect my Personal Knowledge Management system
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An online community for lifelong learners
Discover the Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) community, a community for lifelong learners
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Developer Career Paths
Discover developer career paths you can choose to pursue
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Angular 13 in Depth
Everything you need to know about Angular 13
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Why Craftsmanship Matters
Craftsmanship has been around for ages, but why does it matter in software engineering?
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How to Feel Better Every Day with an Evening Routine
Learn about the benefits of defining a clear evening routine to improve your well-being
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How to use Tailwind with Svelte and Nrwl NX
Learn how to use Tailwind with Svelte and Nrwl NX
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Journaling every day is powerful - Part 1: Introduction
Discover journaling and how it can help you live a happier, more fulfilling and more productive life
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Journaling every day is powerful - Part 2: Going further
Discover journaling and how it can help you live a happier, more fulfilling and more productive life. Part two
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Problem-solving 101
Discover the most important problem-solving skills and techniques
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Quality vs user satisfaction
Explore the intricate balance between delivering unparalleled quality and achieving user satisfaction, and why mastering both is key to success.
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An online community for Software Crafters
A software development community for beginners, professional and artisans
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Software professionals are crafters
On why Software Craftsmanship matters
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How to get started in IT and grow as a Software developer
Learn how get started in IT, and how to grow as a software developer
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What is the difference between software developers, engineers, coders, and programmers
What is the difference between software developers, engineers, coders, and programmers
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What is software engineering
In this article, I'll share my personal take on the difference between software development and software engineering (SE). It is a personal opinion, so take it with a grain of salt. This content is part of my Dev Concepts series of books. So what is it about? Many
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What is software development
A clear explanation about what software development is about
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Angular 12 in Depth
Everything you need to know about Angular 12
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Why Tailwind's Just-In-Time (jit) mode is a game-changer and how to use it right now
Learn how to migrate to Tailwind 2, and enable just-in-time for applications and Storybook
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Lazy loading Angular applications
How to delay the execution of your Angular app
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How Angular applications start
Discover how Angular applications start and what main.ts does
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Welcome on my brand new blog
First post on my new blog
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21 months in and 80K views later
How my failed startup experience led to 80K views in a month
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Configuring and using the Apollo client in a Next.js TypeScript application
Learn how to integrate the Apollo GraphQL client in a Next.js TypeScript application
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Design Sprint Cheat Sheet
A cheat sheet for Design Sprint 2.0
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How User Interface, User Experience and Customer Experience relate
Learn about UI, UX and CX
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Startup failure stories: 20 months in, 2K hours spent and 200K € lost.
I’ve been working for ~20 months on my current project, spend 2K hours on it, and “lost” 200K € by not doing something else. That project is not ready yet. Here’s the story behind it
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How to create a table of contents with HTML and CSS
Learn how to use HTML and CSS to build a table of contents
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Create Office add ins with Angular and Nrwl NX
A modern way to develop Office plugins using Angular and Nrwl NX
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Angular 11 in Depth
Everything you need to know about Angular 11
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How to mock TypeScript method overloads with Jest
Learn how to mock TypeScript method overloads with Jest
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Software Development Concepts e-book collection
A collection of e-books to turn you into a full-stack developer
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How to write simple code: Avoid the Pyramid of Doom
Here's how to avoid nesting code needlessly
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Creating custom class-validator validators for MomentJS
Learn how to custom validators for MomentJS
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Histoire courte — Zoey & Jenny — Partie 1
Zoey est de retour
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Team management tips: 10 more ways to kill a team
Teams are way more fragile than you can imagine. Here are ten more things that can demolish one
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Team management tips: 10 ways to kill a team
Great teams are hard to craft but much easier to break. Here are 10 things to avoid
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How to manage junior team members: Don't leave them alone!
Junior team members should never be left alone
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How to succeed with online writing. The journey from 4K to 30K views per month. Lessons learned
How to succeed with online writing. Discover my lessons learned
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Angular roadmap analysis
Exploring the roadmap of Angular
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What's new in RxJS 7
Exploring everything new with RxJS 7
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Git tutorial for beginners — Part 4: Branches
Let’s now learn about Git branches!
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Angular 10 in Depth
Everything you need to know about Angular 10
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Typesafe checks against TypeScript interface property names at runtime
Learn how to safely use TypeScript interface property names at runtime
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Translating the MatPaginator Angular Material component
The MatPaginator component of Angular Material can be translated, but it requires a specific approach
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How to implement input validation with NestJS
Learn how to validate incoming data with NestJS
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Introduction to TypeScript
What is TypeScript? Let's find out!
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Loop through a TypeScript enum
Discover how to iterate over the keys and values of a TypeScript enum
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Force change detection on third-party Angular components using ChangeDetectorRef
Discover how to force change detection on third-party Angular components with the ChangeDetectorRef
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Removing Moment.js locales from your Angular app JS bundles
Reduce the bundle size by removing unused momentjs locales
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What's new in TypeScript 4.0
Everything new with TypeScript 4.0
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Analyzing Your Angular app JS bundles
How to analyze the JS bundles of your Angular applications and fix bundle size issues
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NGRX Component-store deep dive - Part 2!
Part 2: Let's dive into the new Component-store library of NGRX!
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Introducing NGRX component-store
Part 1: Component-store is an upcoming reactive library of the NGRX family. Let’s discover it and see what it’s all about!
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Angular Template Type Checking
Leverage strict template type checking to create bulletproof Angular applications
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How to create a custom Angular Webpack configuration
Understand how you can customize the Webpack configuration of your Angular applications
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How to Take Notes at Work and Never Forget Anything
How to organize notes at work and never forget anything. Be on top of your game at work.
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How to use a proxy to bypass firewalls in corporate environments
In medium to large companies, it’s almost always the case that your Web traffic has to go through a corporate proxy to reach the Web. Here’s how to find out more about those proxies and how to use them from your tools and terminals
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Git tutorial for beginners — Part 3: Commits, log and amend
Discover how to create and modify commits with Git, but also how to look at the commit log
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Embedding translations in your JS bundles with ngx-translate
Embedding translations in your JS bundles can be useful to speed things up if you know that users need to switch between languages regularly. Here's how to do it
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TypeScript Switch Case best practices
Switch statements are sometimes considered a code smell, but when they do make sense to use, you’d better make sure you don’t forget a single case. Luckily, TypeScript can help
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Angular best practices: Constructor vs ngOnInit
Learn why ngOnInit is not always the best solution
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NPM best practices: Stop installing npm packages globally
There is almost no use in installing npm packages globally. Here's why
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Strongly typing your Angular route data
Use typed route parameters to improve the quality of your Angular code
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Git tutorial for beginners - Part 2: Git repository, working tree and staging area
Understand Git repositories, the working tree and the staging area
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What's new in TypeScript 4.0: Language features
Discover all the new language features in TypeScript 4.0
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Git tutorial for beginners — Part 1: What is a DVCS?
Learn everything about git, step by step. Part 1
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What's new in TypeScript 3.9
Discover what's new with TS 3.9
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Team management tips: What's the bus factor and 7 ways to increase it
Learn about the Bus factor and understand why it matters so much
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Angular Tips: Understand Angular scroll position and ScrollPositionRestoration
How to correctly handle scrolling upon Angular route transitions
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Optimizing Tailwind for production
Learn how to configure PurgeCSS with Tailwind to reduce get rid of useless styles
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Discover Bash aliases and understand why those are great
How to leverage Bash aliases to boost your productivity
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Kubernetes tip: Force delete terminating pod
How to get rid of pods that are stuck in the "Terminating" state
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Dynamically translating a PrimeNG menu using ngx-translate
How to translate a PrimeNG menu dynamically
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What's coming with TypeScript 3.9
The coolest improvements coming with TypeScript 3.9
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Discover the Non-Goals of TypeScript
The goals of TypeScript are obvious, but do you know about its non-goals?
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How to Write Code Comments Like a Pro
In this article, I’ll explain how my commenting practice (yes, that’s a thing :p) has evolved as well as what I currently recommend, whether you’re a junior fresh out of school, a seasoned developer…
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Creating a Storybook instance including stories from multiple libraries in a Nrwl Nx workspace
Learn how to create a Storybook including stories from multiple libraries in a Nrwl Nx workspace
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Quickly amend a git commit by skipping edit
Here is the quickest way to amend a git commit
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TypeScript best practices: Interfaces and custom types vs classes
Why you should favor TypeScript interfaces and custom types over classes
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TypeScript monorepo best practices: Avoid import issues
Leverage TypeScript paths to avoid problems with your shared types imports
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NGX Quill tip: Dynamically customizing ngx-quill editors in an Angular application
How to customize Quill editors through ngx-quill in an Angular application
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Fixing the "can’t resolve all parameters" error with Angular DI
How to fix the "can’t resolve all parameters" error with Angular
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TypeScript type only imports and exports
How to use Type-Only imports and exports with TypeScript
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Using ngx-translate with Storybook stories
How to use ngx-translate with Storybook stories
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How to Manage Remote Teams
Tips and tricks to better manage remote teams and overcome challenges
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NodeJS best practice for production: Use stable node and npm versions across your projects and teams
Use stable versions of Node.js and npm to avoid surprises in production
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Improving Gitlab CI performance with a custom Docker image
How to improve Gitlab CI performance and reduce CI/CD build times for Node.js projects using custom Docker images
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Adding Tailwind to a Nrwl NX monorepo, Angular and Storybook
How to use Tailwind with Angular, Storybook and Nrwl NX
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Going through depression and dark times
Heads up: This post will not give you the keys or fix anything in your life, but it’ll give you some ideas about what might help you to shed some light around you. Also, I’m no physician, psychologist or shrink, so don’t take any of this as
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Authorization best practices
Authorization best practices to improve the security of your applications
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How to start writing
A writer's process and tools. Kickstart your writing!
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Learn Everything on Your Own With Ease
Unleash the power of self-learning with proven tips and strategies designed for hungry minds eager to expand their knowledge and skills independently
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DeveloPassion’s fifth newsletter
Fifth newsletter of DeveloPassion
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How to achieve Work-Life Balance to Improve Your Well-Being
Discover the secrets to mastering work-life harmony with practical strategies that promote a balanced, fulfilling life
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Work/life balance
Sometimes in life, we try too hard for too long. It's important to pay attention to our work life balance
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Building a Service Worker with Workbox 5, TypeScript, Webpack and Angular
How to implement a service worker using Workbox, TypeScript, Webpack, and Angular
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Deploying TLS certificates for local development and production using Kubernetes, cert-manager, mkcert and Let’s Encrypt
How to deploy TLS certificates for local development and production using Kubernetes, cert-manager, mkcert and Let’s Encrypt
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Adding missing GPG keys for apt-get on WSL
How to add missing GPG keys when using WSL
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Boost your productivity in VSCode Using The Best Extension Packs
Boost your productivity with the best VSCode extensions
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Typewriter sounds on Linux
How to enjoy beautiful typewriter sounds while writing on Linux
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TypeScript 3 Projects: What's next?
An appendix to my TypeScript book
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Tips and Tricks to boost your productivity with VSCode
Tips and tricks to use VSCode like a pro
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Applying the MoSCoW prioritization method to Daily Todos
Extending the MoSCoW prioritization method to tag daily tasks
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Configuring sourcemaps with the Angular CLI
How to configure sourcemaps with the Angular CLI
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Tip of the day: using capture groups and back references to search and replace in IntelliJ
Using capture groups and back references to search and replace in IntelliJ
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Searching for final methods in a Java project
Efficient way to find final methods in a Java project
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Fixing ‘bash’ is not recognized as an internal or external command when used within npm scripts on Windows
Fixing bash is not recognized as an internal or external command error
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The story behind my upcoming book: Learn TypeScript by Building Web Applications — part 1
The story behind my TypeScript book
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How to write integration tests for a GraphQL API with Spring Boot and Kotlin
How to write integration tests for a GraphQL API using Spring Boot 2.x and Kotlin
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Cleaning up database tables after each integration test method with Spring Boot and Kotlin
How to clean database tables after each integration test in a Spring Boot application using Kotlin
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Using JUnit 5 with Spring Boot 2, Kotlin and Mockito
A guide explaining how to install, configure, and use JUnit 5 with Mockito in a Spring Boot Kotlin project
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How to validate UUID with bean validation in Kotlin
A small bean validation constraint annotation in Kotlin for UUIDs
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How to install and configure GPG
Some notes about my current setup for GPG/PGP. I’m currently using GnuPG and in particular GPG4Win. Portable mode As usual, I like portable installs and GPG is no exception. I’ve uncompressed it in my tools folder (synchronized across my machines). By itself, the tool is portable, maybe