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 .
March 2026
10 prompts- Mar 10 If you could fork the internet, what is the first change you'd make?
- Mar 9 What is the 'tech debt' of your daily life?
- Mar 8 Which open source project do you admire the most for its governance?
- Mar 7 What is a documentation lie you see repeated often?
- Mar 6 If software bugs were real insects, which one would be the most terrifying?
- Mar 5 What is the most impressive 1KB of code you've seen?
- Mar 4 Describe your perfect keyboard setup.
- Mar 3 What is a feature you implemented that no one ever used?
- Mar 2 If you could execute one shell command in real life, what would it be?
- Mar 1 What is the 'Hello World' of your favorite hobby (outside of coding)?
February 2026
28 prompts- Feb 28 If you had to maintain code written by your past self from 5 years ago, would you hug them or fight them?
- Feb 27 What is the most useful bash alias you have defined?
- Feb 26 How do you explain what you do for a living to your grandparents?
- Feb 25 What is your favorite 'Easter egg' in software or games?
- Feb 24 If you were an OS, which process would you kill first?
- Feb 23 What is the longest you have spent debugging a single character error?
- Feb 22 Have you ever written a comment that was an apology to future maintainers?
- Feb 21 What is a coding opinion you hold that might get you banned from Hacker News?
- Feb 20 Dark mode or Light mode? (And why is it Dark mode?)
- Feb 19 What is the first thing you install on a brand new computer?
- Feb 18 If you could remove one meeting from your weekly schedule, which one?
- Feb 17 What is the best 'It works on my machine' excuse you have heard?
- Feb 16 How many browser tabs do you have open right now, and how many are documentation?
- Feb 15 What is a 'standard' practice that you secretly think is a bad idea?
- Feb 14 Is it ever okay to push directly to main?
- Feb 13 What is the weirdest variable name you have found in legacy code?
- Feb 12 If git commands were magic spells, what would `git push --force` do?
- Feb 11 What is a tool you use daily that you have never paid for but would?
- Feb 10 Do you comment your code for yourself or for the next person?
- Feb 9 What is the most obscure error message you have ever encountered?
- Feb 8 If you had to write code on a whiteboard right now, would it compile?
- Feb 7 What is a technology prediction you made that turned out to be completely wrong?
- Feb 6 Which programming language feels the most like a distinct personality type?
- Feb 5 What was your 'I deleted the database' moment (or close call)?
- Feb 4 Explain recursion to someone who has never touched a computer.
- Feb 3 What is the most over-engineered solution you have ever built for a simple problem?
- Feb 2 If you could deprecate one HTTP status code, which one goes?
- Feb 1 What's the 'temporary' fix in your codebase that is currently celebrating its 5th anniversary?
January 2026
12 prompts- Jan 31 What is a question that has been on your mind lately?
- Jan 30 What is a dream you have for the future?
- Jan 29 What is a lesson you have learned from a difficult experience?
- Jan 28 What is a way you can contribute to your community?
- Jan 27 What is a compliment you have received that has stuck with you?
- Jan 26 What is a place you would love to visit and why?
- Jan 25 What is a technology that you are excited about?
- Jan 24 What is a small act of rebellion you have engaged in?
- Jan 23 How do you define a meaningful life?
- Jan 22 What is a memory that always makes you smile?
- Jan 21 What is a quality you admire in others?
- Jan 20 How do you stay motivated when working on a long-term goal?