The only hardware work I do regularly is cooking. Hardware generally has a higher, more complex Minimal Satisfying Project (MSP) threshold. In software, loosely defined to include writing, satisfaction can be found at the scale of making a good sentence, or a good Excel graph.
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MSPs:
sentence
line graph
2x2
paper airplane
hot sandwich
replacing car wiper blades
assembling ikea furniture
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though in general I don’t find pure “toy” MSPs very satisfying, it doesn’t have to be “useful” but it should be woven into regular life rather than a side hobby life. So a sandwich is more satisfying than a paper plane
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When devising a strategy for a personal project, usually try to maximise satisfaction/effort ratio, MSP captures that well. Using it.

