"The title 'software engineer' will fade. We'll all operate more like product managers." — Boris Cherny, Head of Claude Code
We're slowly becoming people who give clear instructions and let machines do the heavy lifting.
Less clicking. More deciding.
Here are 5 tiny things I've adopted that genuinely make my days smoother with my machine:
1. You're in a meeting, typing… and your best idea vanishes mid-sentence
One of my favorite tools is Wispr Flow. I don't type now — I just talk to my laptop. My average speed is ~120 WPM, which I'll never be able to hit while typing. Paid for my premium subscription before the trial ended.
It feels weird for 2 days. Then you realize your brain is faster than your keyboard.
2. You type the same thing for the 47th time this week
Text snippets using Raycast. A short trigger expands into links, templates, schema names.
Type zze → adds my email address
Type zzt → opens a ChatGPT chat
Type reff → pastes my Atlan job referral link
Type agr → adds my commonly used database.schema name for querying
3. You create a doc… and immediately get "Can you share access?"
I automated default sharing with a vibe-coded Chrome add-in that auto-shares new Google Docs/Sheets/Slides to all employees with edit access the moment I create them.
4. You break focus each time you switch between your mouse and keyboard.
Homerow adds alphabets on my screen so I can click any element directly from my keyboard — no mouse needed when I'm in a flow.
5. I was tired of selecting things with a mouse and then copy-pasting using a keyboard
Recently bought a mouse with additional buttons and mapped the extra keys to copy and paste using a vibe coded solution. Small thing, but makes repetitive work way easier.
What other productivity tools are you all using that I can try next?