Tip 1
Use the same keyboard and mouse at work as you do at home.
Most organizations will buy you a mouse and keyboard of your liking if asked. If not bring your own into to work.
Tip 2
Concentrate on the essence, not the ceremony.
The more time you spend on the tool is less time you can devote to the problem.
Tip 3
In Windows, type the first part of the previous command and then hit F8. The shell will perform a backward search through previous commands that match the first part of what you’ve just typed.
Tip 4
When coding, always prefer the keyboard over the mouse.
Tip 5
Automate, automate, automate.
Tip 6
Use tools for other purposes than they are intended for. For example operating on large number of files can be a challenge is C#. Tools like Ant, NAnt, Rake are designed for this purpose.
Author: Chuck Conway is an AI Engineer with nearly 30 years of software engineering experience. He builds practical AI systems—content pipelines, infrastructure agents, and tools that solve real problems—and shares what he’s learning along the way. Connect with him on social media: X (@chuckconway) or visit him on YouTube and on SubStack.