Originally posted in Obics.io I moved from Windows to Linux 1 month ago, after using Windows for the last 30 years (and developing software 15 years). It wasn’t easy to leave my comfort zone, but I got so frustrated with Windows performance that I couldn’t take it anymore. As I was able to do more tasks in parallel with AI coding agents, the performance of the system degraded. I started having frequent crashes, a constant huge memory consumption, and overall slowness.

Originally posted in Obics.io I have been hearing of developers who run dozen agents in parallel and create 40 pull requests a day, but I never quite believed it myself. I was never able to do that because the mental overhead of multitasking was just too much for me. But in the last few weeks, I drastically changed the way I work as an experiment and I was able to do just that.

Originally posted in Obics.io Windows might not be what the cool kid use these days, but I’ve been using it for software development for the last 15 years and have gotten some kick-ass projects done on it. As a productivity nerd, I’ve got a bag of tools that I’ve gathered over the years. I always love hearing about other people’s workflows and favorite tools, so let me share mine. Hopefully, you’ll find something useful.

Software companies come in many sizes. There are small startups, medium-sized companies, and huge enterprises. As you might expect, startups are usually lean and fast. Big companies that develop large applications move much more slowly. Those might be systems developed for many years or decades by hundreds of developers. I’m talking about products like the Amazon marketplace, AutoCAD, or any operating system. These products take a very long time to release new features or fix bugs, considering the amount of engineers they employ.

Do you ever feel like a million tasks are looming over you at any given moment? How about that you can’t concentrate because it feels like you should be doing something more important? I used to have these feelings all the time. I call this “brain clutter”, though I’m sure there are many other names for it. That’s a problem that hurts work productivity more than you might realize. Not to mention your peace of mind.

The more I work in software development, the more I love working with the command line. I notice I’m becoming increasingly productive with it. When dealing with Git, for example, I used to do almost everything in a GUI program, whereas now I use the command line for 90% of the actions. But the command line will make you more productive with everything, not just source control. There are several reasons why it’s so efficient.