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title: "4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj
source_url: https://read.engineerscodex.com/p/simple-software-engineering-habits?utm_source=%2Fbrowse%2Ftechnology&utm_medium=reader2
type: article
source: "Substack"
published: 2023-12-15T16:42:34.501Z
updated: 2023-12-15T16:42:33.386Z
tags: ["productivity"]
reading_time: 5
upvotes: 342
comments: 6
language: en
---

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# 4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity

**[Substack](https://daily.dev/sources/substack)** · 5 min read · 342 upvotes · 6 comments

## Summary

Discover key habits that can transform productivity in software engineering, including leaving work slightly unfinished, improving keyboard and mouse shortcuts, keeping a list of searchable commands and links, and learning to say 'no'.

## Full article

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@cloudshock** · 4 upvotes

> #3 Keep a list of searchable commands and links handy is an underrated tip.
>
> I have markdown documents for every environment or IDE that I use. It's like a wizard's spell book.  I can easily search using Obsidian to search or link from personal project pages I create.

**@jedediahfanuel** · 2 upvotes

> ♥️

**@antonyfrancis** · 0 upvotes

> Yes the above post is something a baby(new to the dev world) developer should be using in the start of his career to get the boost one might need.
>
> Nicely said.

**@panditdhamdhere** · 0 upvotes

> This is cool

**@realfakenerd** · 0 upvotes

> No

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