Somewhat related to this, when I first setup a compost bin at home it was simply to try to reduce yard and food waste, and I hoped it wouldn't be too annoying t

Somewhat related to this, when I first setup a compost bin at home it was simply to try to reduce yard and food waste, and I hoped it wouldn't be too annoying to use. I was surprised to find that I've actually had a lot of fun with it! Especially around trying to optimize the throughput. It's interesting to me to try and find the ideal balance of inputs that will generate compost quickly and minimize organic waste. Managing a system that takes a whole bunch of scrap and turns it into something useful, in a largely autonomous way, tickles the same part of my brain that gets satisfaction from writing a custom script to automate away some annoying but useful task.