Decide once, then get back to work
Guides to the software and hardware decisions you live with for years — where your files live, which note app to commit to, whether a paid plan is worth it, what to automate. Each one gives you a way to decide, not a ranked list of products.
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Three decisions that change the most, and that people most often get wrong by default.
Sync Is Not Backup
Dropbox and Drive copy your mistakes as faithfully as your work. Four buckets for deciding where each file actually belongs.
When a Free Plan Stops Being Free
Free tiers are built around four specific walls. Which one you hit first tells you whether to pay or leave.
One List or a Board?
Decide by the shape of your work, not by feature lists. If nothing waits on anyone else, a board is a costume.
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Notes & Docs
Choosing and moving between note, task, and document tools — including how to leave one without losing your notes.
Files & Backup
Where your work files live, and what actually happens when one goes missing at six in the evening.
Access & Security
Sharing logins across a small team without turning a departure into an incident.
Software Decisions
When a paid plan earns its price, what is worth automating, and how to track work that involves other people.
Desk Setup
Monitors, keyboard switches, and the one-cable desk — what has to be true before each one is worth the money.
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The Day Someone Leaves: What Access to Take Back, and In What Order
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