Productivity

“It is a commonplace observation that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.” That’s the first sentence of C. Northcote Parkinson’s essay in The Economist, November 1955, better known as Parkinson’s law. His example is an “elderly lady of leisure” who spends a whole day sending one postcard to her niece at Bognor Regis, a job a busy man would finish in three minutes. Fun fact: that sentence isn’t even the law. The rest of the essay is about why government offices keep growing, with rules like “Officials make work for each other.” I never needed an official. I made work for myself just fine. ...

TL;DR: Spent a week building cool stuff with Cursor, an AI-powered IDE. Found it surprisingly effective for both coding and managing my second brain. When your requirements are clear, it’s almost magical! ✨ 1 1 “Magic” here = fast iteration because the AI had unambiguous intent + cohesive context windows. ↩ The Setup: R&D Week Vibes You know that feeling when R&D week rolls around, and you’re caught between “I should learn something useful” and “I want to have fun”? Well, this time I decided to combine both by digging into Cursor, an AI-powered code editor that’s been making waves in the developer community. ...