Spent the morning reorganizing my project folders, and it reminded me why I keep coming back to the three-folder rule. The light from my desk lamp was catching all the dust on my keyboard—guess that's another task for later—but I stayed focused on the cleanup.
Here's what actually works: create three top-level folders in every project. Source for code and raw files, Build for compiled outputs, and Docs for everything else. That's it. The moment you add a fourth category, you start second-guessing where things go.
The checklist: