What does simplifying productivity look like for developers?

It means ditching app stacks for a single list, planning just 2-3 tasks daily, and starting work messy instead of perfectly prepped.

Is overplanning killing my coding velocity?

Absolutely — it breeds anxiety and context-switching, leaving less brain for actual problem-solving. Focus on shipping small wins.

Yes: share a plain text roadmap, hold short standups, and track via commits. Tools add noise; clarity scales.

🧠 Engineering Culture

Staring down a stalled sprint, apps multiplying like rabbits. Then I stripped it all back — and code started flowing.

theAIcatchup Apr 10, 2026 4 min read

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