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#Productivity
How I capture everything - on my Mac, iPhone and iPad
Ideas don't wait until I'm at my desk. Here's how I use Lemonize's capture modes, Pocket and the iOS share sheet to get ideas, notes and todos into Obsidian — and why Web Clipper still handles the web.
Why My Best Productivity Tools Are the Ones Nobody Else Can Use
Custom software used to be a luxury reserved for people with a budget. With AI, a tool shaped exactly like my workflow costs less than adapting to a generic one — which quietly changed what I build, what I still buy, and where the line between the two sits.
The Inbox is the most dangerous folder in my Obsidian vault
Capture feels productive, but every note I save creates a future obligation. Here is how I learned to treat my Obsidian inbox as a temporary gate, not a place where ideas go to die.
The Simplest Way to Save AI Tokens: Make Your Agent Talk Less
Every AI session has a token economy: prompt, context, agent work, and the answer. I break down where the tokens really go, what Caveman actually saves, and why the trick works far beyond coding agents.
The tools I've kept for 5+ years
The tools that survive my stack aren't the most powerful. They pass one quiet test: ownership, reliability, and a clear way out.
Coding agents don't need more power. They need rules.
A simple CLAUDE.md file based on Andrej Karpathy's observations about coding agents became wildly popular because it solves a real problem: AI agents are powerful, but not disciplined by default.
Stop using AI coding agents like autocomplete
AI coding agents become more useful when I stop treating them as smarter autocomplete and start treating them as delegated workers with clear inputs, boundaries, and verification.
I Replaced CleanMyMac With a Single free/$9 Tool
Mole is an open-source macOS utility that does the job of four apps I was paying for separately — for $9 once, no subscription. Here is why I switched.