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#+title: How I Work

I work primarily within [[id:edc0533a-9097-4f5e-a2af-6caeae2f426b][Emacs]], typically with a Chromium web browser and/or a
terminal emulator alongside it, and Slack and/or other messaging apps on another
screen.

* Organizing my space
- Using a tiling window manager ([[https://github.com/koekeishiya/yabai][yabai]] in OSX
) to keep windows I need to see where I need to see them, and avoid getting
  jumbled with things getting hidden behind each other.
- Splitting my ultrawide so I can provide a desktop for sharing my workspace
  remotely
- Keeping a dedicated monitor for Slack communication

#+begin_src ditaa :cmdline -T :file monitor-layout.png
  /----------------+---------------+----------------------+------------\    /-------------------------------\
  |                |               |                      |            |    |                               |
  | Documentation  |  Video Call   |                      |   App in   |    |                               |
  |                |cAFA           |                      |   Browser  |    |                               |
  |                +---------------+         Emacs        |cAFF        |    |            Slack              |
  |                |               |                      +------------+    |                               |
  |                |    Misc.      |                      |            |    |                               |
  |                |               |                      |  Terminal  |    |                               |
  |cAFF            |cFAF           |cFAA                  |cAAA        |    |cAAF                           |
  \----------------+---------------+----------------------+------------/    \-------------------------------/
#+end_src

#+RESULTS:
[[file:monitor-layout.png]]

* Coding
- Navigating projects and source files using Projectile.
- Staging and committing changes with Magit.
  + Submitting MRs with Forge
- Running integrated code formatters, linters, and test runners.
* Writing
** Keeping a work journal
- Maintaining a work journal with [[id:4d7dffe3-4af4-41d0-85a2-270a20593c8d][Org Mode]], taking meeting notes and keeping a
  record of how I accomplish non-coding work like troubleshooting issues.
** Organizing notes :ATTACH:
- Documenting things as I go in [[id:0567a35c-3afb-4ed5-a9ec-47425c5d6f06][Org-roam]] and exporting them to Confluence when
  appropriate.

[[attachment:_20211217_170445image.png]]

** Including shell commands, http calls, sql queries, and their results in my notes
** Including graphs and diagrams
** Publishing documents
* Tracking things to do
- Capturing /and scheduling/ tasks
- Using the [[id:4d7dffe3-4af4-41d0-85a2-270a20593c8d][Org Mode]] agenda view to plan my day
- [[id:038c58e9-2fe9-495a-8dfb-bc3c1c538ad1][Managing projects]]