22 ways to boost your productivity

Productivity isn’t one of those topics that lets you serve up a selection of objective tips and tricks that will work for everyone. And the tools you use are just one part of a much bigger picture that includes work philosophies, personal ethics and fine-tuned daily routines. Working in a way that preserves both your mental and physical integrity is ever more challenging in an industry that seems to spin on itself faster and faster, requiring more and more focus and efficiency from its developers and generating an endless stream of choices and options to help you achieve your goals.

Being productive isn’t just about mastering a series of tools. It’s about what your philosophy toward them is and what you want to achieve with them. Your bigger goal. What follows is a range of tips and web design inspiration from leading designers and developers on how they achieve productivity.

01. Start with a skeleton build

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