The January Dev Blues and How to Beat Them

The first week back can be slow. I've forgotten the context of whatever I left open, and the list of things I meant to finish looks longer than I remember.

A small, contained task helps me get going: fix a broken link, improve an error message, tidy a setup instruction that's wrong. Then I go back to the larger work with the project running and some context restored. I don't need January to begin with a grand plan.