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While researching / reading up / debugging, you stumble upon something interesting. Upon looking into that, yet another subject catches your attention.
You know how this goes. So... (see title). Bonus questions: what intermediate steps did you pass along the way? What stuck in your mind the most?
Margaritas -> Jello Shots -> Chimoy/Tajin rim/topper -> Pop Rocks -> History of Pop Rocks
Ostensibly I wanted to be able to code on the production server like a miscreant with the same tools as my laptop.
However I just wanted to regain command of my dev environment after years not coding.
I also reorganized the furniture in my office and got weirder lighting to make it hacker friendly. I bought a new desk to solder electronics.
Most people know me as a partnerships marketer or product manager but I am a compsci at heart. This made me happy.
Bookbinding has fascinating details.
Turns out getting particulates out of a solution is a massive, massive industry with a large body of science, literature, and engineering practice behind it.
EDIT: Here's a few wiki entries I found as OK overviews. ChatGPT was handy for figuring out what relevant literature in the field was and terminology I could use to find more pertinent resources:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_engineering
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafiltration
3. Food Chemistry: https://www.amazon.com/Fennemas-Food-Chemistry-Srinivasan-Da...
4. Introduction to Food Engineering: https://www.sciencedirect.com/book/9780123985309/introductio...
5. Handbook of Food Engineering Practice: https://www.routledge.com/Handbook-of-Food-Engineering-Pract...