#Personal Automation
Email, calendar, morning routine, and the scripts that make weekdays less annoying.
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The Email I Almost Did Not Send
A real story about a 1-paragraph email I almost did not send, the 4 things that would have been different if I had not sent it, and the 1 question I ask myself before every hard email now.
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A List of Lists That Is Actually Useful
An organized catalog of the 12 prompt lists I keep, the 3 I use daily, the 4 I revisit quarterly, and the 5 I am embarrassed to admit I have.
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The Quiet Update That Doubled My Email List
A real story about a 1-line change I made to my site that doubled my email list, the 90 days of data, the 3 things I tried that did not work, and the 1 thing I would tell past-me.
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The 30-Minute Morning Routine That Doubled My Output
A 4-step morning routine, the version that worked, the 2 versions that did not, and the 1 thing I would tell past-me.
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The 5-Minute README Test
A simple test for whether a project is actually documented or just has a README file. Plus the 5 things every README needs to pass.
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Stop Using Cron the Hard Way: A Practical Automation Stack
Cron is fine. Cron alone is the problem. Here is the small stack I use to turn 'I should run that every morning' into something that actually runs, logs, and tells me when it broke.
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The Email Triage System That Cut My Inbox From 2,000 to 50
A 4-folder email system with rules, a daily 30-minute triage, and one rule for what to do with every email. Plus the 6 weeks of pain before it worked.
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Self-Hosting Email: 6 Months In, 3 Things I Learned
A real, honest account of running my own email server for 6 months. The 3 things I learned, the parts I would do differently, and the verdict on whether you should do it.