cheetor

For people who must have non-stick pans, go with OXO and nothing else. They're PFAS & PFOA-free and tested by America's Test Kitchen to be the best non-stick pans (and I can anecdotally back that up). Never go with ceramic for non-stick as it's a crappy compromise

one of my favorites:

- The room doesn't even need to be completely locked, people just need to think that it was

Mouse acceleration: to disable it I've been using SteelSeries ExactMouse Tool (https://steelseries.com/engine -> expand Miscellaneous at the very bottom). It's very lightweight and I just install it once and never think about it again.

Mouse scrolling: I always found this to be a bad experience on OSX/macOS so I've been using Smooze. It allows you to set the scroll curve to your own liking. It has other features that I don't use and although it's not free, iirc it was cheap and definitely worth it.

Window management: a lot of others have mentioned great tools like Rectangle, but I've found Moom to be slightly better for my use cases. I prefer it over Rectangle (although Moom doesn't have window snapping so I actually use both) because you can set a custom grid e.g. 12x12 and have windows resize anywhere on the grid. With Rectangle, you can only choose from the (many) presets but unfortunately no customization.

I also do ~4 hours of concentrated work first thing in the morning. As my day progresses, my head gets filled with all kinds of shit (good and bad), and it's really detrimental to not just focus but overall output.

In the morning, my mind is fresh and more-or-less distraction free and I feel hyper-focused even without caffeine. Also, by doing a lot in the morning, motivation stacks up and "wins" convert into more "wins" throughout the day

After that long session, I'll usually take an hour break. I try to make sure the last half hour of the break isn't filled with any instantly gratifying content (reddit, yt, etc) so my mind isn't chasing another hit of dopamine when I resume my work. Anecdotally, I feel like this helps me

Whenever I loath doing a task, I tell myself to do it for 5 minutes and if I still don't feel like doing it, then I can do something else. It's a pretty common technique and works wonderfully for me. Something about my pride and not wanting to give up after 5 minutes helps me power through

Reminds me of the good ol' days when google would tell me to kayak across the Pacific Ocean