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Why “If I Can, I’d Like to Do It” Quietly Turns into “I Have to Do It”

Why “If I Can, I’d Like to Do It” Quietly Turns into “I Have to Do It”

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Trust Debt

Trust Debt

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When Emotion Becomes an Interrupt:How Distress-Framed Language Systematically Suppresses Reasoning in General-Purpose LLMs

When Emotion Becomes an Interrupt:How Distress-Framed Language Systematically Suppresses Reasoning in General-Purpose LLMs

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What Routine Does When Motivation Runs Out

What Routine Does When Motivation Runs Out

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Burnout Prevention as Code: Systems That Keep Developers Alive for 20+ Years

Burnout Prevention as Code: Systems That Keep Developers Alive for 20+ Years

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Developer Burnout Is Real: Signs, Prevention, and Recovery

Developer Burnout Is Real: Signs, Prevention, and Recovery

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The One-Hour Habit That Quietly Fixed My Focus as a Software Developer

The One-Hour Habit That Quietly Fixed My Focus as a Software Developer

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Why I Built a 3-Second "Exit Button" for My Smartphone

Why I Built a 3-Second "Exit Button" for My Smartphone

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Is Your Code (or Manager) Burning You Out? Build an AI Stress Tracker with Svelte & Keras 🎧🔥

Is Your Code (or Manager) Burning You Out? Build an AI Stress Tracker with Svelte & Keras 🎧🔥

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How I Stopped Wasting Weekends: A Blueprint for Structure Without Sacrifice

How I Stopped Wasting Weekends: A Blueprint for Structure Without Sacrifice

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When LeetCode Burnout Hits: A Brutally Honest Guide to Getting Unstuck

When LeetCode Burnout Hits: A Brutally Honest Guide to Getting Unstuck

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EIOC Guard™ Runbook: SOC‑Style Emotional Incident Response

EIOC Guard™ Runbook: SOC‑Style Emotional Incident Response

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Dev Burnout: Why I built a 'State Reset' tool instead of a Task Manager.

Dev Burnout: Why I built a 'State Reset' tool instead of a Task Manager.

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How Top Performers Handle Stress

How Top Performers Handle Stress

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Sharing a Great Book: Teachings of Adler, the Father of Self-Help, on "The Courage to Be Disliked"

Sharing a Great Book: Teachings of Adler, the Father of Self-Help, on "The Courage to Be Disliked"

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Why Writing Your Thoughts Down Doesn’t Stop Overthinking (And What Actually Does)

Why Writing Your Thoughts Down Doesn’t Stop Overthinking (And What Actually Does)

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Dopamine Detox: The Chrome Extension That Exposed My 2h15m YouTube Addiction

Dopamine Detox: The Chrome Extension That Exposed My 2h15m YouTube Addiction

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How to ask awesome questions as a dev (Without Dying of Imposter Syndrome)

How to ask awesome questions as a dev (Without Dying of Imposter Syndrome)

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What Walking After Dinner Changed for Me

What Walking After Dinner Changed for Me

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Your Back Is Part of Your Engineering Career

Your Back Is Part of Your Engineering Career

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Sharing Good Books: Raising Resilient Kids - Silicon Valley Parenting Methods the World Is Learning

Sharing Good Books: Raising Resilient Kids - Silicon Valley Parenting Methods the World Is Learning

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Book Sharing: The Art of the Mature Adult Comeback

Book Sharing: The Art of the Mature Adult Comeback

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EIOC: A Detection Framework for Human‑Layer Security

EIOC: A Detection Framework for Human‑Layer Security

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Sono vs. Estudo: O que fazer quando você precisa aprender e o corpo pede cama?

Sono vs. Estudo: O que fazer quando você precisa aprender e o corpo pede cama?

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The Spice: My GitHub Looked Great. I Felt Like a Fraud.

The Spice: My GitHub Looked Great. I Felt Like a Fraud.

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