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~/src/projectname/ for things I've written, patched, or am contributing to.

~/build/projectname/ for things I've downloaded/cloned for reading or compiling.

I generally consider ~/build/ to be ephemeral and it gets deleted whenever I build a new PC or start running out of disk space.

~/src/* gets moved to ~/src.old/ roughly once every five years, just to keep things fresh. Both are still backed up.

Interesting, I came to a similar structure.

~/.src/my # my stuff

~/.src/oss # things I've downloaded, built from source, etc.

I have a bash alias 'ws' that 'cd ~/.src' so most of my movement is like: 'cd my/gamedev/pong' or 'cd oss/helix', etc.

why a hidden folder?

Aesthetic.

When you `ls` $HOME or open a Finder it's a lot nicer when things match (Documents, Videos, etc). It's weird to see that one random folder (src).

I know typing a dot is annoying, hence the Bash alias.