I would like to know what your hoppy coding project are. It doesn’t really have to serve a purpose, but what are you coding on in your free time that just is fun to you and you enjoy working on?
As a background: I am an experienced programmer and do earn my money with it. In my free time I always enjoyed trying out new stuff related to technology, learn new things and improve my skills by doing so. But lately I recognise that I just have no clue what I should do or what a fun toy project I could work on. I really have no ideas. My head just feels completely empty whenever I open my IDE.
So please, tell me what you are coding on for fun.
I read about this hobby project yesterday and thought it was very inspiring. This guy wrote a scraper that compares the prices of groceries and it made a big political splash too. https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@badlogic/111071396799790275
Personally, I also wanted to try some new tech, and created my first android app for my daughter to practice her basic math operations many years ago.
Another option for you would be to find a FOSS project you like and contribute there (fediverse? Hint, hint).
Yea doing some FOSS contributions definitely was something I always was considering. But then as soon as I was looking for the right project things started to get complicated again. And even if you find a cool project you look into the issue list and imposter-syndrome starts kicking in.
Been working in IT since 1997. Imposter syndrome sucks.
That being said, contributing to FOSS can be as little as helping others in a Linux forum, validating bug reports, etc before you file your first pull request 😁