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Leena Malhotra

Creator and strategist blending machine learning, business, and creativity. Harvard Business School ’06. Writing about AI, productivity, and building systems for a self-directed life.

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Harvard Business School

Why 'Clean Code' Is Harder Than It Sounds

Why 'Clean Code' Is Harder Than It Sounds

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The Commit That Changed How I See Collaboration

The Commit That Changed How I See Collaboration

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The Pull Request That Changed How I Think About Code

The Pull Request That Changed How I Think About Code

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Why "Learning New Frameworks" Won't Make You Senior

Why "Learning New Frameworks" Won't Make You Senior

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The Pull Request I Almost Didn't Submit

The Pull Request I Almost Didn't Submit

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The Debugging Mindset That Turned Me Into a Better Coder

The Debugging Mindset That Turned Me Into a Better Coder

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The Deployment Error That Nearly Took Down My App

The Deployment Error That Nearly Took Down My App

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The Commit Message That Saved My Team From Disaster

The Commit Message That Saved My Team From Disaster

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The Git Habit That Prevents Team Disasters

The Git Habit That Prevents Team Disasters

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The Debugging Trick That Saves Me Every Sprint

The Debugging Trick That Saves Me Every Sprint

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How I Use AI to Refactor Without Losing Control

How I Use AI to Refactor Without Losing Control

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The Small Coding Habit That Made Me a Better Developer

The Small Coding Habit That Made Me a Better Developer

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Why I Write My README Before I Touch the Keyboard

Why I Write My README Before I Touch the Keyboard

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The Architecture Mindset Every Developer Should Learn

The Architecture Mindset Every Developer Should Learn

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The 4-Hour Weekly Workflow That Keeps My Codebase Clean

The 4-Hour Weekly Workflow That Keeps My Codebase Clean

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Building Resilient Developer Habits in the Age of AI Tools

Building Resilient Developer Habits in the Age of AI Tools

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The AI Stack That Keeps Developers in Flow, Not in Tabs

The AI Stack That Keeps Developers in Flow, Not in Tabs

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How to Learn Faster Than Everyone You Know

How to Learn Faster Than Everyone You Know

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The Dev Workflow That Fixes Itself

The Dev Workflow That Fixes Itself

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The Developer Stack That Ended My Context Switching

The Developer Stack That Ended My Context Switching

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The Developer Workflow That Keeps Me in the Zone

The Developer Workflow That Keeps Me in the Zone

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Why My Best Code Started With a Conversation, Not a Commit

Why My Best Code Started With a Conversation, Not a Commit

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The Developer Workflow I Wish I Had 1,000 Commits Ago

The Developer Workflow I Wish I Had 1,000 Commits Ago

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Why I Stopped Context-Switching and Built My Own AI Stack

Why I Stopped Context-Switching and Built My Own AI Stack

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How I Trained an LLM to Debug My Git Workflows Intelligently

How I Trained an LLM to Debug My Git Workflows Intelligently

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Delete These 5 Dev Tools. One AI Workflow Replaced Them.

Delete These 5 Dev Tools. One AI Workflow Replaced Them.

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The AI Debugger That Understands My Stack Better Than I Do

The AI Debugger That Understands My Stack Better Than I Do

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How AI Can Predict and Prevent Merge Conflicts Before They Happen

How AI Can Predict and Prevent Merge Conflicts Before They Happen

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JavaScript Unit Tests, Auto-Written: What Broke & What Worked

JavaScript Unit Tests, Auto-Written: What Broke & What Worked

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Stop Copy-Pasting From ChatGPT; Build Smarter, Faster With This

Stop Copy-Pasting From ChatGPT; Build Smarter, Faster With This

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Using AI to Refactor Legacy Code Without Losing Context

Using AI to Refactor Legacy Code Without Losing Context

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How to Build a Memory First AI Workflow With Zero Setup

How to Build a Memory First AI Workflow With Zero Setup

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How to Replace Your Entire Dev Toolbox With One AI Platform

How to Replace Your Entire Dev Toolbox With One AI Platform

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I Gained 10 Extra Hours A Week With This AI Rule

I Gained 10 Extra Hours A Week With This AI Rule

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The One AI Setup That Makes You Unstoppable

The One AI Setup That Makes You Unstoppable

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How to Build a Memory-First AI Workflow With Zero Setup

How to Build a Memory-First AI Workflow With Zero Setup

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Why Developers Should Think in Systems When Working With AI

Why Developers Should Think in Systems When Working With AI

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How to Build a Full AI Workflow Without Code or APIs

How to Build a Full AI Workflow Without Code or APIs

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Build Your Second Brain With AI (And Never Burn Out)

Build Your Second Brain With AI (And Never Burn Out)

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What Most AI Tools Get Wrong About Real Productivity

What Most AI Tools Get Wrong About Real Productivity

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Think Better, Work Less: My New AI Workflow Explained

Think Better, Work Less: My New AI Workflow Explained

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The Skill That Replaces Hustle (And Builds Leverage Fast)

The Skill That Replaces Hustle (And Builds Leverage Fast)

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The Most Dangerous Lie About Gen AI (It's Not Actually Plug And Play)

The Most Dangerous Lie About Gen AI (It's Not Actually Plug And Play)

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Outlearn, Outwrite, Outwork: The AI Advantage You’re Missing

Outlearn, Outwrite, Outwork: The AI Advantage You’re Missing

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The 3-Hour Rule: How Founders Use AI to Make Every Week Productive

The 3-Hour Rule: How Founders Use AI to Make Every Week Productive

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The Best All-in-One AI Tool for 2025 (Crompt vs ChatGPT vs Gemini)

The Best All-in-One AI Tool for 2025 (Crompt vs ChatGPT vs Gemini)

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The One-Person System That Prints Money While You Think

The One-Person System That Prints Money While You Think

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What Happens When You Treat Your Mind Like Software

What Happens When You Treat Your Mind Like Software

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How AI Is Replacing Fragmented Tools With One Platform

How AI Is Replacing Fragmented Tools With One Platform

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The 6-Month System to Escape Admin Hell

The 6-Month System to Escape Admin Hell

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The Real Reason People Quit Using AI Tools (And How Crompt Solves It)

The Real Reason People Quit Using AI Tools (And How Crompt Solves It)

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How AI Tools Are Changing Content Creation Forever

How AI Tools Are Changing Content Creation Forever

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Why "One AI for Everything" Is the Future of Productivity

Why "One AI for Everything" Is the Future of Productivity

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Stop Switching Tabs. Start Using AI Like You Mean It

Stop Switching Tabs. Start Using AI Like You Mean It

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Stop Switching Tabs. Start Using AI Like You Mean It

Stop Switching Tabs. Start Using AI Like You Mean It

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Think You’re Productive? You’re Just Prioritizing The Wrong Way

Think You’re Productive? You’re Just Prioritizing The Wrong Way

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The Smartest Way to Build Web & Mobile Apps in 2025 (Without Hiring a Team or Burning Out by Week 2)

The Smartest Way to Build Web & Mobile Apps in 2025 (Without Hiring a Team or Burning Out by Week 2)

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I Replaced My Dev Stack With This One AI Assistant

I Replaced My Dev Stack With This One AI Assistant

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