A software engineer reflects on his journey from a chaotic 2009 network engineering role supporting 150+ people to building custom systems and automation solutions. Inspired by productivity methodologies and tools like Getting Things Done, he developed Ticketbox, a ticketing system that helped organize scattered information and eventually led him into software development.
SnapBracket is a free web-based tournament bracket maker that lets users paste a team list, run single-elimination tournaments with live winner updates, and export results as PNG without requiring login or account setup.
A novelist describes using Google Calendar to outline her last three novels, finding it invaluable for tracking complex timelines, character events, and historical details. The method helped her visualize plot structure, identify gaps, and integrate real-world events seamlessly into her fiction across multiple writing projects.
LeoTabs is a free, open-source browser extension for Chrome and Edge that organizes tabs and bookmarks into project collections and spaces, allowing users to save work, search tabs, and reopen sessions. It supports importing bookmarks, exporting to multiple formats including Notion, and optional AI-powered organization via API connections.