LLLara Laurielleinlaralau.hashnode.dev·Jun 23 · 2 min readThe Best Engineers I Know Rarely Start With CodeA pattern I've noticed over the years: The strongest engineers I know spend surprisingly little time writing code at the beginning of a problem. Instead, they spend time understanding it. That sounds 21W
LLLara Laurielleinlaralau.hashnode.dev·Jun 18 · 4 min readAI Productivity Tools I Actually Use in 2026Every year, dozens of new AI tools appear claiming they'll make you more productive. Most don't. The problem isn't a lack of tools anymore. It's the opposite. We have too many apps, too many subscript10
LLLara Laurielleinlaralau.hashnode.dev·Jun 16 · 5 min readStop Giving AI More ContextOne of the most common pieces of advice in AI development today is surprisingly simple: give the model more context. When an AI assistant makes a mistake, people assume the problem is that it didn't h00
LLLara Laurielleinlaralau.hashnode.dev·Jun 12 · 2 min readThe Biggest AI Mistake I See People Make: Collecting Tools Instead of Building WorkflowsA few years ago, productivity meant learning a new app every few months. A new note taking app appeared, we moved our notes there. A new project management tool launched, we migrated our tasks. Then A01N
LLLara Laurielleinlaralau.hashnode.dev·Jun 2 · 6 min readStop Doing It Manually: A Developer's Guide to Smarter Automation in 2026We've all been there copying data between tabs, renaming files in bulk, filling out the same form for the tenth time this week. You know it's automatable. You just haven't gotten around to it yet. Thi21N
