miniblog.

For hobby projects, I really like software where I can do small features or tweaks. Sometimes I don't have time for anything more substantial. Website projects are great for this. Are there other areas?

I find it really interesting how some areas of tech are widely expected to improve radically (e.g. LLMs and smart home tech), others gradually (CPU speed, battery capacity) and others very slowly (e.g. compiler optimisations). Predicting the future is hard.

Listening to the latest episode of Maintainable interviewing Daniela Baron, and she introduces a clever concept: ticket rotation. When you divide programming jobs into tickets, deliberately give team members tickets from different areas. This prevents knowledge silos.