My Creative Workflow with Notion | Software Engineer Roadmap & Templates

Showing you my entire Notion setup of various productivity workflows that I use to organize my life. Including what I used as a Computer Science student, later as a Software Engineer, and now as a Content Creator. Plus more free neat templates I’ll be sharing.
⚡️ If you're already a Notion AI user, you can get started today with Q&A already in your Notion workspace. If you’re interested in trying it out, join the waitlist to get early access: ntn.so/BrianRuiz1
📆 Get Notion Calendar for free now: ntn.so/brianscalendar
📘 My Notion Templates
1. Full Stack Dev. Roadmap ntn.so/brianroadmap
2. Content Manager ntn.so/brcontentmanager
3. App Dev Notes ntn.so/brappnotes
4. Personal Finance ntn.so/brpersonalfinance
5. Reading List ntn.so/brreadinglist
6. Snippets ntn.so/brsnippets
7. Leetcode Notion ntn.so/brleetcode
💻 My Links
My website b-r.io/
My gear b-r.io/gear/
Twitter: / brianruizy
GitHub github.com/BrianRuizy
Instagram brianruizy
LinkedIn / brianruizy
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:23 Desk update
1:40 Notion 101
2:53 Leetcode Notion
3:39 Content Manager
7:22 App Development Notes
9:06 Q&A (Notion AI)
9:36 Full-Stack Roadmap
10:25 Portfolio Posts CMS
11:43 Personal Finance
12:28 Snippets
12:48 Reading List
13:08 Notion Calendar

[@brianruizy]

⚡ If you're already a Notion AI user, you can get started today with Q&A already in your Notion workspace. If you’re interested in trying it out, join the waitlist to get early access: ntn.so/BrianRuiz1 📆 Get Notion Calendar for free now: ntn.so/brianscalendar

[@mahamanelawalyhassane8321]

Can i have your monitor please

[@user-gr6pm8gx6g]

can u do one more day in life video plz

[@brianruizy]

@@user-gr6pm8gx6g will do 😁

[@VolodymyrInTech]

👋👋👍

[@JeremiahPeoples]

Hella aesthetic as always 🤌🏾

[@ella_preppy14]

Always and AMAZING day when brian uploads! Keep uploading don't stop your videos make my day so much better they are clean asf to watch! Much love from Houston and Puerto Rico!

[@rbsd952]

Thanks for going over this in depth. I always wondered what you actually used this for. I'm trying out the calendar now. Stay fresh as always man. 🔥👍🏾

[@brianruizy]

Yeah it really was. Lots of info packed in this one! Thanks again 👍

[@LukeMadeIt]

respect the hustle man 🤝 i know how much work goes into these videos also that monitor looks sick 💥

[@michaell1824]

youtube recommending videos you watch as it seems haha

[@Deviitt11]

Thanks for the free templates, Brian! These are really useful 🙌🏼

[@brianruizy]

Of course! Which one will you use most? 😁

[@anshulsoni653]

really loved the templates man, keep us updated for more. Thanks again

[@brianruizy]

I appreciate that! Which one did you download?😁 edit: yes, do want to make some updated versions in the future

[@Nate-wn1lk]

thanks for this video bro! waiting for more quality content from you!

[@brianruizy]

More to come! Thanks for tuning in bro 😎

[@Diego_Cabrera]

Loving the setup Brian. Also, another great video!

[@brianruizy]

Thanks! Hope you find something helpful in there :)

[@arturiochernov]

Thank you for the recommendation of using Notion. Really a useful and a powerful tool!

[@brianruizy]

It can be! What do you use it for?

[@rhafparamo_]

Made me use Notion again. Thanks Brian!

[@brianruizy]

🤣 what will you use it for?

[@TheDJJProductions00]

Thank you for putting together that roadmap! I'll definitely consume it as I want to go into full-stack development.

[@brianruizy]

Best of luck in your learning journey 👍

[@TheDJJProductions00]

@@brianruizy Thank you!

[@mark-chen]

Awesome video, very well produced

[@brianruizy]

Much appreciated!

[@RhettReisman]

LFG studio display. Great video

[@cristiansanchez8070]

No importa los comentarios de que es muy repetitivo, me encanta tu contenido y siempre aprendo algo!!!!

[@brianruizy]

Gracias por el apoyo 🙏

[@choqao]

Brian is back

[@alishahmughal6125]

Love those juicy templates. 🔥

[@brianruizy]

Glad you like them! Which one is your fav? 😅

[@alishahmughal6125]

@@brianruizy Juicy full stack. 🔥

[@brianruizy]

Haha. Hope it’s helpful Ali 👍

[@Ohiostategenerationx]

Brian you look a lot like Rami from Mr. Robot series. The badass hacker. I love how the videos are set up though and it's good motivation for me since I am starting over in life and starting to learn coding starting with python and later on JS. You have a new subscriber for sure.

[@migueldubon8166]

Love the content!

[@brianruizy]

Thanks bro! Hope you find it helpful 😉

[@pradeeshgilly]

Excellent video Brian 👍🙌..Btwn ,Where and how do you get/make the icons for these youtube Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:23 Desk update 1:40 Notion 101 2:53 Leetcode Notion 3:39 Content Manager 7:22 App Development Notes 9:06 Q&A (Notion AI) 9:36 Full-Stack Roadmap 10:25 Portfolio Posts CMS 11:43 Personal Finance 12:28 Snippets 12:48 Reading List 13:08 Notion Calendar

[@brianruizy]

Thanks! Those icons are the ones that are available on Notion when you add one to a page. I just screenshot them

[@JackHeslewood]

Awesome video man, best Notion tutorial I’ve seen so far on KZbin. Do you pull in your earnings from KZbin through the API in real-time? That would be so helpful if possible

[@brianruizy]

Wow, means a lot. Thanks! Thats a really nice idea! No, for earnings it’s a static number. I don’t think you can access external API’s from the simple properties. That would probably have to be a custom integration. You got me thinking now! 🤣

[@urdarkside1]

LONG LIVE NOTION! Couldn't have survived uni without it.

[@brianruizy]

🤣 yeahh. What did you it most for just note-taking for your lectures?

[@urdarkside1]

@@brianruizy For me.. alottt. Organizing my tasks, Duplicating templates from other people was a game changer at the time, viewing progression, take summary notes, wonderful dark mode and now use your templates too :D

[@brianruizy]

@@urdarkside1 Got ya! Cool, hope you find them helpful :)

[@AZ-lx4ec]

What is the small vacuum you show at the beginning? Couldn’t find it in your list. Looks super nice

[@brianruizy]

It’s by Hoto Tools. Right it’s such a nice design! They gifted it to me btw, I didn’t purchase it.

[@eadrpz]

Amazing setup bro, could you tell which page do you use for the whiteboard?

[@brianruizy]

Ohhh right, should have mentioned. Thats an embed from excalidraw.com You can see it on the template here ntn.so/brleetcode

[@eadrpz]

@@brianruizy ty

[@Martin-Developeeeer]

Nice video, exactly what I was looking for! BTW, the wallpaper on your Studio display? Where did you get it, because my studio display doesn't have it?

[@brianruizy]

Hope it was helpful 👍 I downloaded it myself from here 4kwallpapers.com/abstract/apple-pro-display-xdr-stock-5k-2303.html

[@Martin-Developeeeer]

Thank you for answering

[@anthonyfadel7353]

Is it possible to have your notion databases such as the leetcode one? Can we import them as templates maybe?

[@brianruizy]

Yes, I added them to my description for y’all to download. Let me know if you need help duplicating

[@alvesnutri]

Hey Brian, what software did you use to record the screen in this smooth way? Did you apply these transitions and movements in post editing or did the recording software do this?

[@brianruizy]

Hey! I used Screen Studio for that, it handles the movement and transitions with the apps editor. It’s not free but can save you a lot of time so I think it’s worth it. Hope that helps 👍

[@urdarkside1]

Completely unrelated but what brand of t-shirt are you wearing? The quality looks amazing!

[@brianruizy]

It’s actually affordable too for the quality you get. Uniqlo U Airism www.uniqlo.com/us/en/products/E455359-000/00?colorDisplayCode=07&sizeDisplayCode=003 Looks sold out but hope that helps

[@elgeneee]

what keyboard do you use Brian? it sounds sweet!

[@brianruizy]

Haha! Thanks it’s the Mode Envoy. It’s my favorite sounding yet

[@MobileLyfe]

Great templates but are these only accessible on a laptop or on an iPhone as well? If iPhone where ? Thanks

[@brianruizy]

Notion is mobile responsive. It will work good on either

[@RobLTaylor]

So you set up a API with your notion to update your web page when you make changes in notion?

[@brianruizy]

Yup that’s exactly how it works 👍

[@minhtranquang9598]

hi Brian, I saw a lot of your videos on KZbin, can you share your Visual Studio Code Theme , your font that you are using now. Have a good day !!!

[@brianruizy]

Thanks for watching them! I use One Dark Pro Mix, and my font is default but for terminal I changed it MesloLGS Hope that helps 👍

[@mateusznawrocki1835]

Hi! Really good video bro! I started watching you and I really like your video style! I have question for you! I'm Frontend Developer and started doing things in backend => I want to be a fullstack in future. I can't decide to pick Notion or Apple Notes. I want to keep my notes for personal life and also notes from coding. I want build some systems for organizse my life (morning routine, time managment) and I don't know what i should pick. I like Apple ecosystem but Apple notes do not support code format, and Notion is don't work offline. I'm having a hard time making a choice, are you able to advise anything?

[@brianruizy]

Thanks bro! Those are very valid points. Maybe you could look into obsidian which does have offline support.🤔 I like Apple notes for quickly jotting down things. Would like to hear what you end up going with!

[@mateusznawrocki1835]

​@@brianruizy Thank you for response! I use Apple Notes by 2 months and I have one idea. I want to move all my notes from Apple Notes to Notion and build system something like "Second Brain". Maybe I should kept Apple Notes to catch my ideas when I'm offline(i.e. when I'm on a plane) and for next step move this for Notion. In the same way, it seems to me that Notion may be good for the reasons I wrote about in my previous comment(as programmer is really good "code block" and more features). I never tried Notion for long time use, maybe this was is good? What do you think?

[@brianruizy]

Yeah you’re right Notion does have many more formatting options which is good for longer notes and note tracking. Fyi with Notion I have typed up notes offline like on a plane and when I reconnect it does sync again.

[@diegogodinezr]

can you make your notion setup as a template to duplicate it ??

[@brianruizy]

Like the entire thing? 🤔

[@Goma-6]

is notion also available in other languages? love your videos greetings from germany

[@brianruizy]

Thanks for the support! 🇩🇪 It looks like German is in beta, here is a link with more info www.notion.so/sv-se/help/language-and-region-settings#:~:text=Notion%20currently%20supports%20English%2C%20Korean,re%20working%20on%20more%20languages!

[@Goma-6]

Thanks for the reply!

[@divieee]

Man, the Pro Display Stand is such a flex lol

[@brianruizy]

Hurt my wallet too 🙃 haha

[@Fidalgodev]

Whats the VsCode theme at min 10:55? :D

[@brianruizy]

I use One Dark Pro mix 👍

[@shawnwxweb]

Hey Brian! I have a little question 4 you - If you had to choose between M1 Pro 16 GB RAM or M1 Pro 32 GB RAM version, which one would you choose? Because I wanted to buy 16 gb version, but then I started worrying about some stuff like "what if that won't be enough for me" I'm a front-end developer by the way Also I love your videos, you're a great content creator!!

[@brianruizy]

Hey 👋 16GB RAM has been more than enough for me for development and even editing videos. So you should be fine with 16GB but 32GB would be good to future proof

[@hassanmadar]

Well ❤

[@brianruizy]

Thank you !

[@MasterRui9]

Hello|| How did you add the whiteboard?

[@brianruizy]

Hey! The whiteboard is an embedded frame from Excalidraw.

[@ivanliu9737]

Brian, what anti-virus software do you use?

[@brianruizy]

Don’t really need one. Just have to be mindful of where you’re downloading things from. Or do you already have a virus?

[@vuuzo]

is that MX 3S Mac edition or regular one?

[@brianruizy]

Yup 3S Mac edition. I have a non-Mac edition for work and they both work exactly the same. I don’t know the difference

[@juniorruiz3078]

Make a video about your thoughts on Devin the A.I Software Engineer.

[@brianruizy]

Thanks for the idea 💡

[@tunnaingwin8477]

Which programming languages do you use?🎉

[@brianruizy]

Mostly Python and JavaScript . What about you??

[@tunnaingwin8477]

Now, I'm just a student, so I'm still learning. Mostly love and enjoy working with Java and JavaScript. Your videos inspire me to learn CS. @@brianruizy

[@tunnaingwin8477]

Now, I'm just a student, so I'm still learning. I mostly love and enjoy working with Java and JavaScript. Your videos inspire me to learn CS.@@brianruizy

[@daniilkutelvas624]

Please tell me how you deal with burnout?

[@brianruizy]

For me is taking breaks for self care. As much as I wish that I could work 24/7 it does hit you. Getting some exercise, bike riding around the city, or going to watch a movie… Is this something you’re dealing with?

[@daniilkutelvas624]

@@brianruizy Thank you, yes, this is what I'm facing and looking for a way out.

[@brianruizy]

@@daniilkutelvas624 It's reassuring to know that others have faced similar challenges with burnout. Hope you can come back to your goals with a fresh mindset. Have a good day! 🙌

[@Sanismom]

😊😊😊

[@brianruizy]

😁

[@gourabsarker9552]

Sir do you earn 200k dollars a year? Plz reply. Thanks a lot.

[@brianruizy]

You can sure. Depends on location

[@PicyPoe]

No tracking for any household stuff, like cleaning or gardening or shopping, no mention of family, friend or sports. No mention of health. Job, job,job

[@brianruizy]

Fair point! For shopping and household stuff my wife and I keep a physical list on our fridge haha. Fitness I prefer other apps like hevy.com

[@adarshchhokar3818]

didnt you just make a notion vid? gee

[@JJ-nv5hs]

I coulda sworn he did… but anyway…

[@adarshchhokar3818]

@@JJ-nv5hs i unsubscribed already lol

[@brianruizy]

Nope this is my first Notion specific video 🤔

[@Samantha-ib2ch]

@@adarshchhokar3818then dont watch…

[@Samantha-ib2ch]

@@adarshchhokar3818then don’t watch…