Aug 2025 Water Your Plants Update

Recently, I planted a wave of cuttings into soil. Now that I have lots more plants (and they all look identical) locating specific ones has become more challenging.

So many pothos

For a day or two, I considered creating a new data field that would let the app create some visual distinction for the different zones of my home where the plants live. Luckily, I landed on a simpler solution: adding a letter to the beginning of each name to mark their location.

It's basic, it was orders of magnitude faster than having the app render something visual, and it's wildly effective -- now I can spot and find my plants much faster, no matter where they're tucked away.