Ham radio is rife with information dense UIs, some good, many not so good. Most software is designed for power users and there is an expectation that new users will read the manual. e.g. WSJT-X, VOACAP: https://www.voacap.com/hf/
I made this UI for realtime ham radio signal spotting a couple of years ago, which was an interesting challenge in that regard: https://ft8.live
I used Ant Design and Deck.gl for this which are both quite good for building dense UIs and data visualisation platforms
…man never regards what he possesses as so much his own, as what he does; and the labourer who tends a garden is perhaps in a truer sense its owner, than the listless voluptuary who enjoys its fruits…In view of this consideration, it seems as if all peasants and craftsman might be elevated into artists; that is, men who love their labour for its own sake, improve it by their own plastic genius and inventive skill, and thereby cultivate their intellect, ennoble their character, and exalt and refine their pleasures. And so humanity would be ennobled by the very things which now, though beautiful in themselves, so often serve to degrade it…But, still, freedom is undoubtedly the indispensable condition, without which even the pursuits most congenial to individual human nature, can never succeed in producing such salutary influences. Whatever does not spring from a man’s free choice, or is only the result of instruction and guidance, does not enter into his very being, but remains alien to his true nature; he does not perform it with truly human energies, but merely with mechanical exactness…
…we may admire what he does, but we despise what he is.
I'm going to be a dad next year, so I've been thinking about how to baby-proof areas of my house while allowing my cat freedom of navigation.
My wife is an English teacher, so I've been building little educational games for her to try in the classroom. My latest attempt is a proof-reading game https://frogs.cool Currently I'm using wikipedia articles but I'm working on adding a variety of age appropriate texts in different genres.
FWIW, most baby proofing you can do after month 12, after some minimal baby proofing at 6 months (depending on kid and space). They truly can’t get into much trouble before 4-5 months. Much of what I worried about prepping for was far easier to do once you actually have the issue at your feet but you have time.
On the topic of cat freedom... I had the opposite problem. A few years ago, for a while I had to separate our two cats so they wouldn't fight while we weren't home (long story, but we couldn't let them fight each other like most cats will do for fun, due to some medical reasons).
It was basically impossible. I wanted to set it up so one cat could be downstairs, and the other upstairs, so one wouldn't feel like they were being "punished", by being closed in a bedroom and only having that small area to roam in.
I built a "gate" for the top of our stairwell, the height of the railing, out of carboard and some pet-safe window screen material. First one of the cats managed to wriggle under it, so I reinforced it and gave it a "skirt". Then the other cat climbed up the screen mesh, and I found her just sitting there, perched on top of it.
Eventually I managed to make it sturdy enough. But then one of the cats realized he could jump over it.
I mostly gave up after that, and focused on training him not to fight with his little sister.
So this is a long winded way of saying: your cat might not really be bothered by things like baby gates. Might actually view them as a fun challenge to be (fairly easily) overcome. Unless of course your cat is older and/or has mobility issues.
Yeah, my cat is getting older and a total wimp at jumping over things. So I will have to figure out a way. Of course this is all an excuse to build an elaborate ramp or tunnel system.
On preventing cats from climbing things, apparently attaching a rolling bar at the top is very effective: https://catrollers.com
As a father with two cats, there are only really two things that have been an issue: food and litter trays. We solved both by putting them into commode-type things (the litter trays were more complex than the food, we had them made specially with a labyrinth entrance to stop an arm snaking through and picking stuff out).
I made this UI for realtime ham radio signal spotting a couple of years ago, which was an interesting challenge in that regard: https://ft8.live
I used Ant Design and Deck.gl for this which are both quite good for building dense UIs and data visualisation platforms