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World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

Supercharge Your Developer Journey with Tiny Atomic Habits

Natan Silnitsky

Ambitious goals won't make you a better developer. Tiny daily systems will. Discover how applying the atomic habits framework can guarantee sustainable growth and supercharge your coding journey.

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#1 about 3 min

The accumulation of tiny achievements in British cycling

How incremental one-percent improvements transformed an average team into world champions.

#2 about 5 min

Shifting focus from career goals to daily operational systems

Why changing your underlying habits is a more reliable path to success than setting arbitrary goals.

#3 about 2 min

Understanding the four stages of habit neurological formation

Every habit follows a neurological cycle of cue, craving, response, and reward.

#4 about 3 min

Making new habits obvious through structural environmental cues

How to set implementation intentions, stack habits, and pair geographical contexts for learning.

#5 about 2 min

Making positive engineering habits attractive through culture and bundling

Utilizing peer communities and temptation bundling to increase the appeal of new technical habits.

#6 about 3 min

Making new habits easy by reducing environmental friction

Lowering barriers to entry using the two-minute rule and advance preparation.

#7 about 2 min

Making habits satisfying with immediate rewards and tracking

How gamification and sharing progress provide the dopamine needed to maintain habit streaks.

#8 about 3 min

Making bad habits invisible and emotionally unattractive

Eliminating distraction cues and breaking tasks down to maintain focus and avoid professional disappointment.

#9 about 2 min

Increasing the difficulty of bad habits with commitment devices

Using blocking applications to preemptively prevent your future self from accessing distracting social media.

#10 about 2 min

Making bad habits unsatisfying through peer accountability

Engaging an accountability partner or habit contract to introduce social and economic penalties for relapses.

#11 about 5 min

Summary of the atomic habits framework for software developers

A final review of the strategies for building beneficial routines and dismantling unhelpful ones.

#12 about 4 min

Managing mental capacity and resistance for essential daily habits

Strategies for learning when exhausted and overcoming resistance to tasks you dislike.

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