I was interviewed for Over/Under

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Hyde from lazybea.rs (https://lazybea.rs/) runs a blog interview series called
Over/Under, where bloggers rate a mix of topics as overrated or underrated, then
pass a question along to the next person. I’m issue 61
(https://lazybea.rs/ovr-061/).

A few of my takes:

* NAS: underrated. Built mine from spare parts for under £200, runs Jellyfin,
  file sharing, and SSH. No subscriptions.
* Joy-Cons: overrated. Had mine since 2018, stick drift happened exactly as
  expected. Third-party controllers with Hall Effect sticks cost less and feel
  better.
* E-ink readers: overrated. Black-and-white reading works well, but colour e-ink
  promises more than it delivers. I went into this in more detail in my BigMe B6
  post (https://blog.omgmog.net/post/bigme-b6-color-e-ink-tablet/).
* VR: underrated. The metaverse stuff is nonsense, but VR for games has been
  genuinely good since 2015.
* Thai food: overrated, for me personally. Being type-1 diabetic makes eating
  out tricky to navigate.

The favourite books question caught me off guard a bit. Forced to save two:
Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
(which I gushed about in 2017 (https://blog.omgmog.net/post/children-of-time-book-review/)),
and a family anthology that’s more sentimental than anything I could properly
explain.

I also passed a question to the next blogger:

How do you balance work and side projects? I’ve held a blog since 2004
(https://blog.omgmog.net/post/archive-archaeology/), I’ve got drawers full of
half-finished projects, two kids and a day job that keeps me busy. Finding time
for all of it without burning out or letting something slide is a constant
negotiation. I’m curious how other people manage it, or if they’ve just accepted
that some projects stay half-finished forever.

I don’t have the answer myself, which is part of why I asked.

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Published April 13, 2026

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Max Glenister is an interface designer and senior full-stack developer from
Oxfordshire. He writes mostly about front-end development and technology.

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