Brooke Harris articles - 36 total
The Commit That Took Down Our Staging Server (and What I Learned)
How a single line of "harmless" configuration change taught me everything about deployment pipelines,...
The Infinite Loop That Burned an Entire Weekend
A cautionary tale about production debugging, sleep deprivation, and the humbling power of a single...
System Design for Interviews: A Complete Guide
System design interviews have become a cornerstone of the technical interview process at major...
Why Debugging in Production Isn't Always a Bad Thing
Never debug in production." It's one of the first rules every developer learns, right up there with...
The Day I Accidentally Deployed to Production on Friday Evening.....
It was 4:47 PM on a Friday. I was already mentally checked out, thinking about weekend plans, when I...
I Didn't Know Git Stash Could Save My Messy Work Until Yesterday
Picture this: You're deep in the zone, refactoring a complex component, variables renamed, functions...
I Didn’t Know Copilot Had Two Modes — Ask for Devs, Agent for Non-Devs
Microsoft Copilot represents a paradigm shift in how different user groups interact with AI...
Using IF nodes for conditional logic
The IF node is one of the most fundamental and powerful components in n8n for creating intelligent,...
Managing n8n projects and folders
Effective organization and team collaboration are essential for scaling n8n automation across teams...
Setting up n8n with Docker: The Complete Guide
Docker has become the gold standard for deploying applications in consistent, isolated environments,...
Manual Branding Tasks – Solved by Runway ML
Q: Why are manual branding tasks such a pain for developers? A: Branding isn’t just a marketing...
How AI Magicx automates what devs used to build manually
Q: Why are manual branding tasks such a pain for developers? A: Branding isn’t just a marketing...
Adobe GenStudio and top 5 tools they recommend
How Genixovate Used Adobe GenStudio to Power Weekly Publishing By Genixovate When I set out to...
5 APIs Every Stack AI Dev Should Know
If you’re building automations with Stack AI, you know the real power comes from connecting the right...
5 APIs Every Gumloop Dev Should Know
When we set out to publish weekly at Genixovate, our process was a patchwork of manual steps. Every...
5 APIs Every Zapier Dev Should Know
If you’re building automations with Zapier, you know the real power comes from connecting the right...
5 APIs Every n8n Dev Should Know
If you’re building workflows with n8n, you know the real magic happens when you connect powerful...
Meetings eat my day
If you’re a developer, solopreneur, or digital maker, you know the pain: your calendar is packed with...
As a developer, I can't write faster
If you’re a developer, solopreneur, or digital maker, you know that writing is everywhere:...
Multitasking kills my flow
If you’re a developer, solopreneur, or digital creator, you know the struggle: you sit down to work,...
I want to track goals visually
If you’re a developer, solopreneur, or productivity enthusiast, you know that setting goals is...
I don’t know where my time goes...
If you’re a founder or early-stage startup operator, you know the hustle of cold emailing. It’s the...
Make Daily Planning Effortless: How Sunsama Helps Developers and Makers Win Their Day
If you’re a developer, solopreneur, or productivity enthusiast, you know the struggle: daily planning...
Automate Your Routine Tasks: How Make Empowers Developers and Productivity Hackers
If you’re a developer, solopreneur, or just someone obsessed with working smarter, you know the pain...
Building in Public: How TweetHunter Makes It Easy for Developers and Makers
By Brooke Harris — Digital Productivity Hacker If you’ve ever scrolled through tech Twitter, you’ve...
I don’t track my habits effectively.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve tried every habit tracker under the sun. Bullet journals,...
I Forget What I Planned—Here’s the Automation That Fixed It
Ever set a plan, only to forget it by the next day? Same. As someone obsessed with productivity, I’ve...
Taming Tab Chaos
“Too many tabs open = chaos.” Raise your hand if your browser looks like a game of digital Jenga. I...
The Email Time Sink
“I spend too long checking email.” Email is supposed to be a productivity tool, but for most of us,...
Free AI Tool for Productivity
In today’s fast-paced world, staying productive can feel like an uphill battle. Between endless to-do...