Daily Prompts
Spark some thought each day.
I share a daily prompt that’s somewhat related to the tech industry, coding, office life, work/life, balance or anything, to be honest… If you want to follow along each day, follow me on mastodon infosec.exchange@sudorandom or this RSS feed .
March 2026
- If you could `sudo` anything in the real world, what would it be? Mar 30
- What is the most undervalued skill in software engineering? Mar 29
- How do you handle 'burnout' without quitting technology entirely? Mar 28
- What is your 'white whale' project—the one you keep meaning to start but never do? Mar 27
- If you could refactor one law of physics, what would you change? Mar 26
- What is a 'feature' that is actually a bug, but everyone got used to it? Mar 25
- Which tech billionaire would make the worst pair programming partner? Mar 24
- What is the most chaotic 'deployment Friday' story you have? Mar 23
- If you could automate one household chore with a Python script, what would it be? Mar 22
- What is the digital equivalent of 'measure twice, cut once'? Mar 21
- Is CSS a programming language? (Wrong answers encouraged). Mar 20
- What is a programming concept you struggled to grasp for way too long? Mar 19
- If you could `grep` your own memories, what pattern would you search for first? Mar 18
- What is the best variable name for a loop counter that isn't `i`? Mar 17
- Which fictional computer system would you most like to use? Mar 16
- What is the 'Y2K bug' of the next decade? Mar 15
- If you could replace your inner monologue with a CLI, which shell would it be? Mar 14
- What is the most creative way you have seen someone misuse a spreadsheet? Mar 13
- How do you name your private repos? Mar 12
- What is a piece of hardware you are nostalgic for? Mar 11
- If you could fork the internet, what is the first change you'd make? Mar 10
- What is the 'tech debt' of your daily life? Mar 9
- Which open source project do you admire the most for its governance? Mar 8
- What is a documentation lie you see repeated often? Mar 7
- If software bugs were real insects, which one would be the most terrifying? Mar 6
- What is the most impressive 1KB of code you've seen? Mar 5
- Describe your perfect keyboard setup. Mar 4
- What is a feature you implemented that no one ever used? Mar 3
- If you could execute one shell command in real life, what would it be? Mar 2
- What is the 'Hello World' of your favorite hobby (outside of coding)? Mar 1
February 2026
- If you had to maintain code written by your past self from 5 years ago, would you hug them or fight them? Feb 28
- What is the most useful bash alias you have defined? Feb 27
- How do you explain what you do for a living to your grandparents? Feb 26
- What is your favorite 'Easter egg' in software or games? Feb 25
- If you were an OS, which process would you kill first? Feb 24
- What is the longest you have spent debugging a single character error? Feb 23
- Have you ever written a comment that was an apology to future maintainers? Feb 22
- What is a coding opinion you hold that might get you banned from Hacker News? Feb 21
- Dark mode or Light mode? (And why is it Dark mode?) Feb 20
- What is the first thing you install on a brand new computer? Feb 19
- If you could remove one meeting from your weekly schedule, which one? Feb 18
- What is the best 'It works on my machine' excuse you have heard? Feb 17
- How many browser tabs do you have open right now, and how many are documentation? Feb 16
- What is a 'standard' practice that you secretly think is a bad idea? Feb 15
- Is it ever okay to push directly to main? Feb 14
- What is the weirdest variable name you have found in legacy code? Feb 13
- If git commands were magic spells, what would `git push --force` do? Feb 12
- What is a tool you use daily that you have never paid for but would? Feb 11
- Do you comment your code for yourself or for the next person? Feb 10
- What is the most obscure error message you have ever encountered? Feb 9