--- title: Productivity Tips From Developers to Developers | daily.dev description: Avoid coding first, most likely what you are solving has already been solved. Abstraction is at the core of programming. Caching is a performance optimization... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/productivity-tips-from-developers-to-developers-ri2d0egom twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Productivity Tips From Developers to Developers | daily.dev og:description: Avoid coding first, most likely what you are solving has already been solved. Abstraction is at the core of programming. 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