---
title: "Maintaining Context as a Manager Part 1"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/maintaining-context-as-a-manager-part-1-8jt2zuldd
source_url: https://softwareleads.substack.com/p/maintaining-context-as-a-manager
type: article
source: "Effective Software Leads"
published: 2026-08-16T22:29:51.561Z
updated: 2026-08-16T22:30:10.503Z
tags: ["productivity", "leadership"]
reading_time: 8
upvotes: 2
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Maintaining Context as a Manager Part 1

**[Effective Software Leads](https://daily.dev/sources/softwareleads)** · 8 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

An engineering manager describes his personal system for capturing and organizing information to avoid relying on memory. He filters what to capture using a three-part test: does it enable a future action, reveal patterns over time, or help someone else do their job. He organizes notes in Logseq around Projects, People, Tasks, and Misc, using its graph-linking and journal features to build a rich history for performance reviews, project strategy, and follow-ups. He notes an unsolved gap around sharing documents like 1:1 notes, and teases a follow-up post on incorporating AI agents into the workflow.

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