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Three small habits that made me a faster engineer
Not frameworks, not tools — just three boring habits that compounded more than anything else.
People love to talk about tools. But the things that actually moved the needle for me were unglamorous habits I could've started on day one.
1. Write the problem down first
Before touching code, I write a sentence describing what's actually broken. Half the time the sentence reveals I was about to fix the wrong thing.
2. Keep a 'today I learned' file
One line a day. Over a year it becomes a searchable map of everything that ever confused me — and the answer.
3. Ship the smallest useful thing
Momentum beats perfection. A small thing in production teaches you more than a perfect thing in a branch.