Juggling multiple contexts using a devlog

I struggle with multitasking. Today, I’m juggling five threads, each with long test-debug cycles, constant context switches, and conversations scattered across Slack and GitHub. It's easy to lose track and spend a lot of time trying to remember where you left of.

Using my daily note as “working memory” changed everything. I log the state of each separate work stream as I go. Now, I can start work on Monday and easily pick up where I left off on Friday since I have all the context I need. Or when a colleague asks for an update, I can give them the exact status without needing to dumpster dive though my tabs.

Obsidian has a nice daily notes plug-in which enables me to generate a daily note from a template in an instant, and makes it easy to cross-link to other notes.