Productivity

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• The faster you finish, the more “careless” you seem: what to check when efficiency goes unrewardedImagine cutting a task from an hour to twenty minutes.
• INTP “P” Trait in the AI Era: Why Noticing Problems Now Matters More Than Doing the WorkPeople often say INTPs think too much, overanalyze, and have a hard time getting things done.
• AI article factories: web savior or polluter? Give info a paper trailWhen you use AI to produce articles, the time spent writing goes down. But that's not where the real savings are.

This week’s archive picks

Each week we rotate in a few older articles from this theme, taking turns through all of them.

• I Love McDonald's and Saizeriya, but I Still Want a 10,000-Yen French Meal: Trying Food I've Never Had, for LessI'm not trying to become a gourmet.
• PRAGMATA mods and paid leave: taking my time backThe most annoying enemy in PRAGMATA was not a robot.
• I Barely Give AI Detailed Instructions — “Win” and “Less Work” Ended Up Automating Verification TooLooking back at how I use AI, I noticed something odd: I almost never give it a detailed procedure.

All “Productivity” articles, newest first

Newest first

• “What Will You Do With the Time You Save?” Why Good Employees Stop Suggesting ImprovementsFinish early and get more work. Suggest AI and hear “security says no.” How workplaces can teach their best problem-solvers to stay quiet.
• Why Does Deploying a Website Get So Complicated? When Doing Nothing Counts as SuccessA plain-English guide to builds, Cloudflare Workers, and deployment pipelines that report success without shipping anything.
• How Much Does Automating Follows and Reposts on X Cost Each Month?Say you're building an X bot that searches for posts, reposts the good ones, and follows the people who wrote them.
• The faster you finish, the more “careless” you seem: what to check when efficiency goes unrewardedImagine cutting a task from an hour to twenty minutes.
• INTP “P” Trait in the AI Era: Why Noticing Problems Now Matters More Than Doing the WorkPeople often say INTPs think too much, overanalyze, and have a hard time getting things done.
• AI article factories: web savior or polluter? Give info a paper trailWhen you use AI to produce articles, the time spent writing goes down. But that's not where the real savings are.
• I Love McDonald's and Saizeriya, but I Still Want a 10,000-Yen French Meal: Trying Food I've Never Had, for LessI'm not trying to become a gourmet.
• Choosing a QC Circle Theme: Turn “Missed Clock-Ins” Into a Strong TopicHere's a shallow way a lot of people write up a QC circle theme.
• Why Doesn't Work Shrink When We Get More Efficient?Why do working hours stay the same even after we become more efficient?
• Why Pay for Okonomiyaki Out When You Can Make It at Home?You can make okonomiyaki at home.
• QC Current-State Analysis: Show Problems in Numbers, Use Pareto Only HereThe most common mistake in this step is simply lining up data.
• When an anonymous blog becomes a personality databaseAn anonymous project with twelve languages, more than a thousand articles, AI-assisted writing, translation, Markdown, GitHub and automation is a strong…
• Can You Drink Tap Water in Japan? Cost vs Bottled WaterThe surprise is what replaces the tea routine: a chilled water pitcher still needs washing, while bottles need carrying and recycling.
• Why does logistics choke in peak season despite automation?Buy ten things online and, from the customer side, almost nothing happened.
• AI cut the job by 40%, so why do we add 67% more work?A sensible way to judge an AI subscription is to ask how many hours it gives back.
• I Barely Give AI Detailed Instructions — “Win” and “Less Work” Ended Up Automating Verification TooLooking back at how I use AI, I noticed something odd: I almost never give it a detailed procedure.
• PRAGMATA mods and paid leave: taking my time backThe most annoying enemy in PRAGMATA was not a robot.