Effective

two graphs with the first showing a decrease in available time over years coding and the second showing an increase in productivity over years coding.

I've gotten a lot better at shipping products in a shorter amount of time.

Some of this is because as I work on projects, I build up tools in my tool belt.

Some of it's due to being a better developer.

Some of it's due to better tools (GitHub Copilot, Next.js, Vercel, Prisma)

But most of the improvements are from knowing what matters. What's actually worth working on.

Knowing when to move on from a random CSS issue so that I can finish the feature.

"Perfect" is the enemy of "good." And it's also the enemy of "done."

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