Deep work has a side effect: clutter. The more focused I am, the more browser tabs, terminal windows, and random apps seem to accumulate on my screen. Recently, I’ve been relying on two shortcuts to instantly clear the decks:
- to focus on a single file in VS Code, I use ⌘⌥t. It closes every other tab, leaving just the one I’m working on. It feels like a reset button.
- to hide all other app windows in macOS, I use ⌘⌥h. It hides everything except my active window.
This is also a good chance to show off the new <kbd> tag design I recently added, which makes sharing shortcuts much cleaner.