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This weekend, Rishi Sunak was in Rome meeting Italy's prime minister Giorgia Meloni. As well as being a fan of the British PM, she's also a devotee of one of the UK's most famous writers - author of The Lord of the Rings, JRR Tolkien. An exhibition on his life and work has opened in the city, so how did he become a cultural icon for the for Italy’s hard-right?

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Productivity YouTube is filled with breathless videos about optimizing systems and squeezing every ounce of speed out of your common habits. But does all of this efficiency really end up improving the quality of the most important things you produce? In this episode, Cal takes a deeper look at the different ways that productivity systems and tools can help your professional life, separating the boring but effective from the exciting but over-hyped. 

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). Get your questions answered by Cal! Here’s the link: bit.ly/3U3sTvo 

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Today’s Deep Question: Does working faster make work better? [3:56] 

- Why doesn’t Cal agree with other productivity YouTubers about apps? [27:50] 

- How can I be productive if my organization bans third-party tools? [32:36] 

- How do top writers keep their research process “efficient”? [37:29] 

- How do I stop teaching from devouring all my time? [44:00] 

- Is it a problem that I don’t feel overwhelmed? [50:19] 

Something Interesting: The Productivity Diet & A Hotel for Book Lovers [1:02:33] 

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with bdougie about his work on Open Sauced, thoughts on getting into open source development, and his live streaming set up.

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Show Notes

• 00:36 Welcome
• 01:52 Guest introduction
• OpenSauced.pizza
• @Bdougieyo on TikTok
• bdougie on Twitch
• Open Sauced on YouTube
• bdougie on YouTube
• Jamstack
• Netlify
• 03:36 What was the inspiration for Open Sauced?
• 08:23 GitHub GraphQL API
• 13:22 What are your thoughts on GraphQL?
• GraphQL
• 14:36 What is the T3 stack?
• 16:30 Sponsor: Hasura
• 17:53 What is the goal for Open Sauced?
• Open Sauced Beta for Hacktoberfest
• 20:08 What is your focus with live streaming?
• T3 Stack
• Vite
• The Primeagan on Syntax Episode 508
• Octoverse
• Hot Open Sauced Pizza
• 21:39 What hardware and software do you live stream with?
• Rode Procaster
• Wave XLR
• GoXLR
• OBS
• 25:26 Should adults be on TikTok?
• 30:31 How do you build an algorithm?
• 32:44 Sponsor: Storyblok
• 34:01 Supper club questions
• Keychron K2
• Warp
• Ghostwriter from Replit
• A first look at GitHub Copilot
• Stable Diffusion
• Fig
• 43:17 Sponsor: FireHydrant
• 44:36 Interviews with open source maintainers
• 45:55 How should maintainers get paid?
• Patreon
• GitHub Sponsors
• Neovim
• Vim Adventures
• Lunar Vim
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• 51:34 Shameless Plugs

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In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with The Primeagan about his streaming set up, how he decides what to stream, why he makes the kind of content he does, and why he loves Vim.

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Storyblok - Sponsor

Storyblok is a headless component-based CMS with a real-time visual editor. It offers the flexibility for developers to craft their perfect tech stack, but it also empowers content creators to make changes independently. The result is that every team has the freedom to quickly and easily create the ideal website with limitless extensibility. Other key features include robust Storyblok SDKs and APIs, powerful internationalization options, and an eCommerce-ready platform.

Show Notes

• 00:35 Welcome
• 01:48 Guest introduction
• ThePrimeagen on YouTube
• ThePrimeagen on Twitch
• @ThePrimeagen on Twitter
• Why I Make Content
• 03:53 Dropping in on skateboarding
• Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater
• 05:43 What do you do?
• 07:17 How do you plan your live streams?
• 10:05 Sponsor: Hasura
• 11:27 Do you do interactive content via OBS on stream?
• OBS
• 16:22 What languages do you use on stream?
• Bun
• Zig
• 22:03 What do you try to build on stream?
• 24:53 Sponsor: StoryBlok
• 25:45 Why do you use Vim?
• 38:42 Do you ever have to do pair programming with Vim?
• 40:43 What kind of hardware are you playing with?
• Arduino
• 42:52 Supper club questions
• Lemur
• Pop
• Kinesis Advantage 2
• 56:20 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××

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Below are the topics covered in today's mini-episode (with timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.

 - On the value of expensive productivity systems. [3:58]
 - Phantom part-time jobs. [11:16]
 - Working deeply after hard days. [16:24]
 - Must all leisure be quality? [28:27]

Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

Below are the questions covered in today's episode (with their timestamps). For instructions on submitting your own questions, go to calnewport.com/podcast.


WORK QUESTIONS

- Preparing for deep work. [6:41]
- Keeping on top of everything when you have many roles. [12:32]
- Is it possible to time block without a clock? [18:25]
- Overcoming graduate student procrastination. [24:18]
- Predictable schedules with unpredictable children at home. [29:36]


TECHNOLOGY QUESTIONS

- Scheduling asynchronous classes. [34:49]
- Plain text productivity using Markdown. [36:57]
- Long Term storage of promising ideas. [49:59]
- Overcoming fear of what other people will think. [58:49]


DEEP LIFE QUESTIONS

- Sports as a distraction. [1:02:55]
- Leisure that’s very similar to your work. [1:06:19]
- Why be productive? [1:09:55]


Thanks to listener Jay Kerstens for the intro music.

Our personal tech devices can be both a blessing and a curse. All the information we'd ever want is right at our fingertips, yet at the same time these devices can make us feel rushed and pressed for time while discouraging deep thinking.
Well, my guest today argues that to learn how to navigate our techno-world, we should look to the insights of ancient philosophers and thinkers. William Powers is the author of Hamlet's Blackberry and today on the podcast we discuss what Shakespeare, Seneca, and Socrates can teach us about making better use of our technologies.

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