A bit of a tangent on the importance (in my opinion) or toy projects, pointers to past posts on C++, CMake, C++ modules, packaging, C++ with a columnar database and some hints at areas I hope to find time to dig into more in the future plus Lego! https://cryos.net/2024/02/toy-projects-and-lego/
@mhanwell reminds me of my unnecessary tasks 😉 I'm in your same camp!
https://flameeyes.blog/2020/01/19/unnecessary-but-required/?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon