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Just for Fun (2022)
We like to write software! Coding is a zigzag journey of problem-solving, and the destination is less important than some might think. We often get asked questions like: If one spends a lot of time on Hacker News, or other startup-oriented news sites, they might believe that everyone is working on their next multi-million-dollar startup and/or exit strategy.
Lastly, if one has learned enough programming technique to do their day job and not a lot more, then they might not appreciate programmers who are always trying new things. Few media of creation are so flexible, so easy to polish and rework, so readily capable of realizing grand conceptual structures.... If you, dear reader, think you may have lost your way—that coding used to be fun for you, but now it's just a slog of clocking in and out to get a paycheck, then allow us to invite you back!
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