I, too, had infite time once, and loved spending most of it on coding.
I built a toy OS[0], compiler[1], crypto library[2], a bunch of other stuff, and had a blast.
Now, I have more obligations and more non-coding fun stuff I want to do.
For the programming that I do want to do, I don't particularly enjoy tracking latest breakages from upgrading a random React Native library or drinking from a Kool-Aid firehose of a VC backed open source solution that's going to get acquihired or pivot in 6 months.
I enjoy working with LLMs in turning silly little ideas I have into toy products without grinding through incidental software complexity swamp that is modern software engineering.
I built a toy OS[0], compiler[1], crypto library[2], a bunch of other stuff, and had a blast.
Now, I have more obligations and more non-coding fun stuff I want to do.
For the programming that I do want to do, I don't particularly enjoy tracking latest breakages from upgrading a random React Native library or drinking from a Kool-Aid firehose of a VC backed open source solution that's going to get acquihired or pivot in 6 months.
I enjoy working with LLMs in turning silly little ideas I have into toy products without grinding through incidental software complexity swamp that is modern software engineering.
[0] https://github.com/senko/Hasenpfeffer
[1] https://github.com/senko/calcc
[2] https://github.com/senko/CyFER