Ship Features Without Drowning in Technical Debt
Master the art of balancing urgent bugs, feature requests, code quality, and your sanity. The prioritization framework that speaks your language.
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A Framework That Compiles to Productivity
Like a good algorithm, this decision framework helps you sort tasks efficiently by two variables: urgency and importance. O(1) decision making.
Urgent & Important
Production fires - fix immediately
Example: Site down, data loss bug, security breach
Not Urgent & Important
Quality code - protect this time
Example: Architecture, learning, documentation
Urgent & Not Important
Interruptions - batch or automate
Example: Status updates, routine PRs, configs
Not Urgent & Not Important
Time sinks - eliminate
Example: Premature optimization, bikeshedding
Balance velocity with sustainability. Fast doesn't mean hacky.
Create boundaries around focus time. Not every ping needs instant response.
Make time for learning without guilt. Staying relevant is part of the job.
Or keep it on your second monitor
Tickets, tech debt, learning goals
if (blocks_prod) urgent++; if (improves_future) important++;
Optimized for engineering reality, not management fantasy
Like upgrading from console.log to a real debugger
"Add investigate memory leak urgent important"
Transcript:
"Refactor authentication module next sprint"
AI Parsed Result:
Task: Refactor auth module
Due: Next sprint
Quadrant: Q2 - Important/Not Urgent
Visual separation for different codebases
Backend
Optimize database queries
Frontend
Fix responsive layout
DevOps
Update CI/CD pipeline
Separate matrices for different repos or sprints
Current Sprint Tasks
Link PRs, docs, Stack Overflow answers
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Code reviews, deployments, standups - automated
Weekly Quizzes (Auto-recurring)
Team Meetings (Every Tuesday)
Desktop, laptop, phone - git for your tasks