Small, often
Twenty minutes a day beats a heroic Saturday, and it is not close.
Devin Hale
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Latest posts
Devin Hale
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Supporter note: the year I nearly quit
The honest version of the year nothing worked — what it actually felt like, and what got me back.
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On finishing things
Starting is cheap and feels wonderful. Finishing is expensive and feels like nothing at all.
Devin Hale
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Tools are not the work
I have reorganised my setup more times than I have shipped. A note to myself, mostly.
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The long game, quietly
Nobody claps for year three. That is exactly why year three is where it starts to work.
Devin Hale
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Supporter note: the messy middle
The unglamorous stretch where every project goes to die — and the only trick I know for surviving it.
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Attention is the whole game
Talent is common and cheap. Sustained attention on one thing is rare and worth everything.
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What I learned from shipping badly
The thing I was ashamed of taught me more than the three polished things before it.
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On working in public
Publishing the unfinished thing is terrifying and, it turns out, the fastest way to make it finished.
Devin Hale
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The two-hour rule
The first two hours are the whole day. What I protect them from, and why nothing else works if they go.
Devin Hale
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