# Making time: Space to think, build, and create (or, This Shit is Fun!)

DevFeed: [Making time: Space to think, build, and create (or, This Shit is Fun!)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/making-time-space-to-think-build-and-create-or-this-shit-is-fun-13143.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.chainguard.dev/unchained/making-time-space-to-think-build-and-create>)

Published: 2025-12-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Chainguard: Unchained](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/chainguard-unchained.md>)

Topics: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/chainguard.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [chainguard](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard.md>), [chainguard-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-culture.md>), [chainguard-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-engineering.md>), [chainguard-engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chainguard-engineering-culture.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [engineering-culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering-culture.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [innovation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/innovation.md>), [making-time](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/making-time.md>), [mentoring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mentoring.md>), [projects](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/projects.md>), [prototypes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prototypes.md>), [work](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/work.md>)

## AI overview

The article describes Chainguard's "Making Time," a lightly structured program that gives engineers protected time for self-directed, strategic work outside the immediate product roadmap. It explains how similar programs at IBM and Google supported innovation and presents Chainguard's approach as a way to encourage prototyping, technical improvements, documentation review, mentoring, and long-term engineering impact.

## Source excerpt

See how we give engineers protected space for self-directed, high-impact work; boosting innovation and improving engineering morale.