CONTINUE here

Finally decided to start a blog. Let's start with something small, bite-sized.

Problem: I work on a project on and off, taking pauses between development sessions. Sometimes it takes days to get back to it. When I open the project after a break, I completely lose the context.

Solution: Add notes to my future self when I finish a coding session. Write what I was working on and what I was planning to do next. Don't comment these notes, leave them as is. Next time I try to compile or run the project, it predictably fails and I see exactly where I stopped last time.

A piece of (awful) code with "CONTINUE here" that deliberately breaks it

This simple technique greatly helps with my side projects as well as with my day job, especially when I'm multitasking.