There’s a common idea that your work environment needs to be neat and tidy in order for you to be fully productive.

I’ve seen genius come out of shambolic environments but for most people this is true.

And it makes sense:

• less distractions
• less time spent finding things you need
• less time spent filing things for later A software development environment is no different.

You and your team share a work environment. To keep it in order there needs to be rules that everyone follows.

Here are some common ones:

• Write task descriptions and project briefs using a standard format
• Use a standard format for branch names, commit messages and pull request descriptions
• Have only ONE place to store each type of asset: source code, documentation, branding materials, licences, etc
• Have only ONE place for discussions (otherwise you won’t remember where you said something)

Having discipline and sticking to the above leads to greater productivity. And again: it’s due to less distractions, less time wasted, and less time spent deciding how and where to put things.

p.s. in yesterday’s post I pasted the wrong image in one spot. It should have been this one, which makes more sense in relation to my assertion:

Either Django is more popular or it’s harder to use!