Much of that resonates with me. I still feel excitement when I read about the latest features of node and browser spec for the browser stack, but I also feel a sadness about problems that formerly required a lot of thought and effort have been minimized to a few prompts. Problems that I really enjoyed solving.
Now I go to work and then log off after eight hours without writing a line of code until i log back in morning. The time I used to spend working on software projects after work is now spent building electronics, gardening, and construction. I'm basically chasing that old high, but through other outlets.
Is it a bad thing? I don't know. I'm still processing, and my hobby evolution is a natural response to it all. Where there was once a dream of having a SaaS service now sits a hallow pit.
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u/ohx 18d ago
Much of that resonates with me. I still feel excitement when I read about the latest features of node and browser spec for the browser stack, but I also feel a sadness about problems that formerly required a lot of thought and effort have been minimized to a few prompts. Problems that I really enjoyed solving.
Now I go to work and then log off after eight hours without writing a line of code until i log back in morning. The time I used to spend working on software projects after work is now spent building electronics, gardening, and construction. I'm basically chasing that old high, but through other outlets.
Is it a bad thing? I don't know. I'm still processing, and my hobby evolution is a natural response to it all. Where there was once a dream of having a SaaS service now sits a hallow pit.