--- title: 4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my... description: Discover key habits that can transform productivity in software engineering, including leaving work slightly unfinished, improving keyboard and mouse... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity | daily.dev og:description: Discover key habits that can transform productivity in software engineering, including leaving work slightly unfinished, improving keyboard and mouse... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NtzHIaYcj.png og:image:alt: 4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity **[Substack](https://daily.dev/sources/substack)** · 5 min read · 340 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 daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## 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 --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj"},"datePublished":"2023-12-15T16:42:34.501Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T16:42:33.386Z","description":"Discover key habits that can transform productivity in software engineering, including leaving work slightly unfinished, improving keyboard and mouse...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b2e5c85913c01ee7f3017981cb284020?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b2e5c85913c01ee7f3017981cb284020?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Substack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Substack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--KFqxX_OL--/f_auto,t_logo/v1698154293/logos/substack.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/substack"},"commentCount":6,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":340},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}],"keywords":"productivity","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Substack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/substack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"4 simple software engineering habits that transformed my productivity"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/4-simple-software-engineering-habits-that-transformed-my-productivity-ntzhiaycj","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"#3 Keep a list of searchable commands and links handy is an underrated tip.\nI have markdown documents for every environment or IDE that I use. 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