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 Bluesky kmcd.dev , Mastodon infosec.exchange@sudorandom , or this RSS feed .
April 2026
29 prompts- Apr 29 What is the most ridiculous feature request you have ever received?
- Apr 28 How do you celebrate a successful deployment?
- Apr 27 What is a project you started but never finished?
- Apr 26 If you were an error code, which one would you be?
- Apr 25 What is a tech podcast or blog you actually enjoy consuming?
- Apr 24 How do you organize your digital files and folders?
- Apr 23 What is the most frustrating thing about working remotely?
- Apr 22 Have you ever dreamed in code?
- Apr 21 What is a piece of tech slang you use way too much?
- Apr 20 If you could rename a common programming term, what would you change?
- Apr 19 What is your favorite obscure keyboard shortcut?
- Apr 18 How do you deal with imposter syndrome in the tech industry?
- Apr 17 What is the most satisfying coding problem you have ever solved?
- Apr 16 If you had to explain cloud computing to a medieval peasant, how would you do it?
- Apr 15 What is a piece of legacy software you secretly admire?
- Apr 14 How often do you clear your browser cache?
- Apr 13 What is a productivity hack that actually works for you?
- Apr 12 Describe your ideal working hours.
- Apr 11 What is the best piece of career advice you ignored?
- Apr 10 Have you ever accidentally replied all to a company wide email?
- Apr 9 What is your favorite way to unwind after a long day of screen time?
- Apr 8 If you could instantly master one framework, what would it be?
- Apr 7 What is the weirdest bug you have found in a third party library?
- Apr 6 How do you handle feeling overwhelmed by new technologies?
- Apr 5 What is a habit you picked up from a previous job that you cannot shake?
- Apr 4 If your code style were a music genre, what would it be?
- Apr 3 What is the most obscure programming language you know a little bit about?
- Apr 2 Do you prefer spaces or tabs, and why are you so passionate about it?
- Apr 1 What is the most chaotic system architecture you have ever encountered?
March 2026
21 prompts- Mar 31 What is the best April Fool's prank a tech company has ever pulled?
- Mar 30 If you could `sudo` anything in the real world, what would it be?
- Mar 29 What is the most undervalued skill in software engineering?
- Mar 28 How do you handle 'burnout' without quitting technology entirely?
- Mar 27 What is your 'white whale' project—the one you keep meaning to start but never do?
- Mar 26 If you could refactor one law of physics, what would you change?
- Mar 25 What is a 'feature' that is actually a bug, but everyone got used to it?
- Mar 24 Which tech billionaire would make the worst pair programming partner?
- Mar 23 What is the most chaotic 'deployment Friday' story you have?
- Mar 22 If you could automate one household chore with a Python script, what would it be?
- Mar 21 What is the digital equivalent of 'measure twice, cut once'?
- Mar 20 Is CSS a programming language? (Wrong answers encouraged).
- Mar 19 What is a programming concept you struggled to grasp for way too long?
- Mar 18 If you could `grep` your own memories, what pattern would you search for first?
- Mar 17 What is the best variable name for a loop counter that isn't `i`?
- Mar 16 Which fictional computer system would you most like to use?
- Mar 15 What is the 'Y2K bug' of the next decade?
- Mar 14 If you could replace your inner monologue with a CLI, which shell would it be?
- Mar 13 What is the most creative way you have seen someone misuse a spreadsheet?
- Mar 12 How do you name your private repos?
- Mar 11 What is a piece of hardware you are nostalgic for?