https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/tags/projects/Recent content in Projects on Joe McCarthyHugoen-gbSun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/26/04/over-engineering-side-projects/Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/26/04/over-engineering-side-projects/Side projects are supposed to be fun and useful—not production replicas of Big Tech. Here’s how over-engineering kills momentum.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/26/03/2026-progress-update-1/Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/26/03/2026-progress-update-1/A short update on what has been going on so far for 2026 and what’s to come over the coming months. Also the lacking of content so far.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/2025-year-in-summary/Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/2025-year-in-summary/A practical review of 2025 across the home lab, office climate control, automation, networking resilience, writing cadence, and where I can improve in 2026.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/metmesh-archived-whats-next/Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/metmesh-archived-whats-next/Metmesh has been archived. Here is why the experiment paused and how to follow what comes next.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/cbujo-archived-refocus/Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/cbujo-archived-refocus/CBujo has been archived for now. My focus has shifted, and it’s been moved down the list to revisit only when I need something different to work on.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/github-add-to-projects-automation/Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/github-add-to-projects-automation/A tiny workflow file adds newly opened issues and PRs from multiple repositories to one GitHub Projects board, with a PAT for permissions and no Enterprise upgrade needed.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/thinking-about-2025/Sat, 04 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/thinking-about-2025/A focused plan for 2025 that builds on last year’s progress, covering Night Sky Pi upgrades, two small Python tools, a cleaner workspace, and a quieter Pi cluster.https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/24/07/july-24/Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://joe-mccarthy.github.io/posts/24/07/july-24/A short note on stepping back from projects and why the break helped reset and refocus.