My Productivity Stack
Date: 03/23/2023
By: Deniz Jasarbasic
I’ve tried a lot of productivity tools over the years. Many come and go, but some have really stuck. Not because they’re perfect but because they’ve make things just a bit easier with minimal friction. Here’s a recap of what I’ve been using lately.
For the past two years, I’ve been using Arc as my browser. It's beautifully designed and built for power users. What I love most is how it stays out of your way while quietly adding features that, once you use them, you can’t imagine living without. Things like vertical tabs, folder grouping, live folders that show active GitHub PRs, separate spaces for work and personal browsing, just to name a few. Features that seem simple but completely change how I work and interact with a browser.
For notes and planning, I use Notion. Again beautifully designed and great for organizing at volume. I even used Notion as a CMS solution for this website.
While I was prepping for interviews during college I used and tested basically all of the free resources out there. Some of my favorite include: InterviewGuide.dev — a good place to start if you’re not sure how to structure your prep. There’s also a free version of Cracking the Coding Interview here, a classic, and still very relevant book. Neetcode 150, just do it. And Pramp is great for mock interviews.
I use Figma for design work. It’s pretty easy to use and free for students. When I need visual inspiration, I doom scroll through Dribbble.
I recommend checking a few of these out. Feel free to message me as well if you have any recommendations, loving trying new things out.