Re:Ask HN: How do you care about a project that is predomina...
by combobyte on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:10PM
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I don't.
This applies to basically all the projects I work on in my professional life — any joy or craft as been completely sucked out of my job, and I suspect it's going to stay that way for as long as "software engineer" is still a thing I can write on my tax return.
On the other hand, the lack of fulfillment from coding at work has pushed me to take up some personal projects that I never had the energy/motivation to work on before, and I'm finding a lot of satisfaction in that. Keeping AI the hell out of the code you own is still free.
This applies to basically all the projects I work on in my professional life — any joy or craft as been completely sucked out of my job, and I suspect it's going to stay that way for as long as "software engineer" is still a thing I can write on my tax return.
On the other hand, the lack of fulfillment from coding at work has pushed me to take up some personal projects that I never had the energy/motivation to work on before, and I'm finding a lot of satisfaction in that. Keeping AI the hell out of the code you own is still free.