Hacker News with Generative AI: Productivity

Sketchy Calendar (inkandswitch.com)
When it comes to calendars, you can choose between using a digital calendar app or getting a paper calendar. They both allow you to keep track of things like doctor appointments, work meetings or birthdays, so you can keep a clear head and be sure that you won’t forget anything. But while the two approaches may seem similar on the surface, they’re radically different in the kinds of trade-offs they make.
Digital Calendars, Paper Calendars, Productivity
98 points by surprisetalk 14 hours ago | 23 comments
In 3.5 years, Notepad.exe goes from "barely maintained" to "it writes for you" (arstechnica.com)
In November, Microsoft began testing an update that allowed users to rewrite or summarize text in Notepad using generative AI.
Software, Generative AI, Microsoft, AI, Productivity
14 points by CharlesW 14 hours ago | 6 comments
Show HN: send2kindle – CLI utility to send documents to your Kindle (github.com/carlos-menezes)
send2kindle is a command-line utility to send documents to your Kindle.
Kindle, Software, Productivity
5 points by carlos-menezes 19 hours ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Whenish – Plan Group Events in iMessages (apple.com)
Plan events right inside Messages! Create date polls, share availability, and find the best time to meet—without ever leaving the chat.
Group Events, Messaging Apps, Apple, Time Management, Productivity
37 points by devgoth 22 hours ago | 46 comments
Ask HN: Has anyone been able to overcome crippling executive dysfunction? (ycombinator.com)
Suffering from overwhelming executive dysfunction along with a lot of other shit has drastically slowed my learning and operational capability.
Mental Health, Productivity, Ask HN
38 points by justanything 2 days ago | 44 comments
Show HN: Dora (dorafiles.com)
Dora is the smart file explorer designed to save you time and frustration.
Software, Productivity, File Management
9 points by ata_aman 2 days ago | 2 comments
Show HN: I made Blueprint for brain health to hit daily peak productivity (brainpower.now)
Productivity, Health, Neuroscience, Software, Show HN
4 points by Lilian_ 2 days ago | 0 comments
Show HN: Super (YC W18) - Turn company data into answers & agents for your team (super.work)
Super is how AI curious companies get to action. Connect all your tools, get the best enterprise search experience, prebuilt assistants, and bring it in your own workflows.
AI, Enterprise Software, Productivity, YC, Startups
15 points by christophepas 2 days ago | 3 comments
Show HN: Output – An AI Agent That Controls Your Computer (Mac and Windows) (theoutput.co)
Artificial Intelligence, Software, Operating Systems, Productivity
15 points by sudhar172 3 days ago | 14 comments
No matter what you do, always leave a breadcrumb (garrit.xyz)
This applies to work tasks just as much as it applies to hobbies. No matter what you do, always create some sort of breadcrumb that you or someone else can pick up down the line.
Productivity, Life Advice, Work, Personal Development
10 points by garritfra 3 days ago | 0 comments
GitHub Copilot Coding Agent (github.blog)
Backlog getting you down? Drowning in technical debt? Delegate issues to Copilot so you can focus on the creative, complex, and high-impact work that matters most. Copilot coding agent makes this possible.
Software, AI, Programming, Productivity, GitHub
556 points by net01 4 days ago | 356 comments
When a team is too big (alexewerlof.com)
Team Dynamics, Management, Productivity, Software Development
96 points by gpi 4 days ago | 98 comments
Everything’s a bug (or an issue) (bozemanpass.com)
What if I were to tell you that I had discovered a way to run software projects that’s efficient, effective, reliable, even pleasant?
Software Development, Project Management, Productivity
61 points by dboreham 4 days ago | 27 comments
Show HN: Hardtime.nvim – break bad habits and master Vim motions (github.com/m4xshen)
Break bad habits, master Vim motions
Programming, Vim, Productivity, Software
210 points by m4xshen 5 days ago | 86 comments
Show HN: TaskGPT – Control your Mac using natural language (taskgpt.us)
Tell your Mac what to do.
Mac, Productivity, AI, Software
3 points by TheDevCards 5 days ago | 0 comments
Iceland's shorter working week has been a success (theguardian.com)
For 90% of working Icelanders, a 36-hour week means less stress, more job satisfaction and time to enjoy life beyond work
Work-Life Balance, Iceland, Productivity
14 points by ColinWright 5 days ago | 0 comments
Experts have it easy (2024) (boydkane.com)
Something that’s painfully understudied is how experts are more efficient than novices while achieving better results. I say understudied and not unstudied, because it’s common knowledge that charging people for their time results in experts being paid less since they work faster, which is why experts charge more for their time.
Programming, Software Development, Experience, Productivity, Efficiency
203 points by veqq 5 days ago | 124 comments
Show HN: I cloned a YC funded app in a day as an MVP (mvpwrappers.com)
Turn your study materials into notes, quizzes, flashcards and more.
Startup, MVP, Education, Productivity
28 points by eashish93 6 days ago | 7 comments
Getting AI to write good SQL (cloud.google.com)
Organizations depend on fast and accurate data-driven insights to make decisions, and SQL is at the core of how they access that data. With Gemini, Google can generate SQL directly from natural language — a.k.a. text-to-SQL. This capability increases developer and analysts’ productivity and empowers non-technical users to interact directly with the data they need.
Artificial Intelligence, SQL, Data, Google, Productivity
495 points by richards 7 days ago | 355 comments
Do It for 20 Minutes (0x30.dev)
Putting things off is a destructive habit which paralyses millions into doomscrolling, into pacing around, into a thought-loop spiral that will make them feel their life is already over because they haven’t finished that task yet.
Productivity, Time Management, Habits
7 points by ingve 7 days ago | 3 comments
Thoughts on thinking (dcurt.is)
I have been stuck. Every time I sit down to write a blog post, code a feature, or start a project, I come to the same realization: in the context of AI, what I’m doing is a waste of time. It’s horrifying. The fun has been sucked out of the process of creation because nothing I make organically can compete with what AI already produces—or soon will.
Generative AI, Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Productivity
708 points by bradgessler 7 days ago | 436 comments
The average workday increased during the pandemic’s early weeks (2020) (library.hbs.edu)
A study of 3 million people confirms what many work-from-home employees already know: We're swamped. Research by Raffaella Sadun, Jeffrey Polzer, and colleagues.
Work-from-Home, Pandemic, Productivity, Research, Economics
119 points by robtherobber 7 days ago | 112 comments
My hours seem to slip away. How can I manage my time better? (theguardian.com)
Your relationship to time is the “essential ingredient” in how you experience your days, argues Ian Taylor in his new book Time Hacks: The Psychology of Time and How to Spend It.
Time Management, Productivity, Psychology, Books
10 points by creer 9 days ago | 0 comments
LLMs are making me dumber (vvvincent.me)
Here are some ways I use LLMs that I think are making me dumber:
Artificial Intelligence, Productivity, Opinion
69 points by vincentcheng 9 days ago | 80 comments
Perverse incentives of vibe coding (medium.com)
I’ve been using AI coding assistants like Claude Code for a while now, and I’m here to say (with all due respect to people who have substance abuse issues), I may be an addict. And boy is this is an expensive habit.
AI, Coding, Addiction, Productivity
206 points by laurex 9 days ago | 227 comments
How Not to Be Overwhelmed (ycombinator.com)
When starting a huge project or product from scratch how do you guys prevent yourselves from getting overwhelmed by the sheer amount of code to write or work to do?
Software Development, Project Management, Productivity
11 points by banrovegrie 9 days ago | 15 comments
Mousemaster: Efficiently control your mouse with keyboard inputs (github.com/petoncle)
mousemaster allows you to control your mouse cursor using only your keyboard. It provides multiple navigation methods:
Productivity, Software, Accessibility, Keyboard Shortcuts, User Interface
7 points by thunderbong 9 days ago | 0 comments
Which AI Agent is your favorite? (ycombinator.com)
I've created a directory for AI agents, and I'm curious about which ones are the most popular and frequently used. Have you started using AI agents to assist with your daily tasks? Which AI agent is your favorite?
Artificial Intelligence, AI Agents, User Experience, Productivity
4 points by jeyzolo 10 days ago | 7 comments
Ask HN: How do you store the knowledge gained in a day? (ycombinator.com)
Each day I (and I assume most knowledge workers, devs, creatives) read many articles, papers, code snippets, AI responses, discord messages etc.<p>At the end of the day some of this information is most likely lodged in your brain and the digital version can be discarded.
Knowledge Management, Productivity, Information Retention, Software Development, AI
67 points by dennisy 10 days ago | 96 comments
Show HN: Downloads Director – Auto-organize your Downloads folder by file type (ycombinator.com)
MacOS app that automatically moves downloaded files into folders based on their extensions. You can create custom rules (e.g., .jpg → Pictures) and apply them in real time or on-demand. It works in the background and supports both ARM and Intel Macs. Free to use. Feedback welcome! Thanks..
MacOS, File Management, Productivity, Software, Automation
6 points by freakynit 10 days ago | 1 comments