Saeed Gatson

Tag: productivity

  • Building A Side Project Meat Grinder

    Building A Side Project Meat Grinder

    If you’re anything like me you have a lot of ideas. So much so that it can be hard to figure out what to execute on next. That’s when you need an idea meat grinder.   You use an idea meat grinder to find good ideas by filtering out all your bad ones. Take every…

  • Pro’s and con’s of working from a coffee shop 

    Pro’s and con’s of working from a coffee shop 

    I’m going to be honest with you. I haven’t worked from a coffee shop in a long time. When I do it’s always a fun experience. Kind of a like a little “field trip” from work!

  • Three ideas worth sharing

    Three ideas worth sharing

    I’ve been perusing the internet looking for an idea that I could steal. Something worth sharing with you here today on my blog. Something I could remix into my own thing.

  • The meat grinder approach for startup ideas

    The meat grinder approach for startup ideas

    I first heard of the meat grinder approach for finding startup ideas in a post by Tyler Tringas. Tyler doesn’t try to find good business ideas. He uses the meat grinder approach to filter out all the bad ideas he has.

  • Software that’s complicated to test can’t maintain quality

    Software that’s complicated to test can’t maintain quality

    I recently watched an episode of FunFunFunction by MPJ. He was talking about why settings are evil. There was one concept from the video that I found interesting. The idea is that software that’s complicated to test can’t maintain quality.

  • When to Code for People Who Don’t Make Excuses

    When to Code for People Who Don’t Make Excuses

    Anyone else struggling with committing to code every day? There’s no time for anything. At least that’s how it feels, doesn’t it? I’ve recently been implementing an X-Card strategy for writing. The basic idea is that I try to write a specific number of words each day for seven weeks. Every day that I do,…

  • 6 Work From Home Tips For Programmers

    6 Work From Home Tips For Programmers

    Just a few short years ago, working from home may have seemed out of reach for workers in some industries. Today, remote work is on the rise! In 2015, 23 percent of employees reported doing some of their work remotely. This is up from 19 percent in 2003, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.…