Another prong in the cognitive load fork that's trying to stab you when working, is the UX of your tools. That is absolutely personal, but it pays off massivel

Another prong in the cognitive load fork that's trying to stab you when working, is the UX of your tools. That is absolutely personal, but it pays off massively in the long term to build out a development environment that you're comfortable with. If it's an IDE, you can try to recognize pain points like nested tools you use often and bring them to the front via new buttons or learning hotkeys. UI is also important, in "modern" IDEs there's an awful trend of not labeling icons, so I strictly use one that does so I don't have to juggle "which doodle is the Git button again" on top of my actual work cognitive load.