Ask HN: I just want to have fun programming again
I found fun again in two easy steps:<p>(1) Unlearn the &quot;large team workflow mindset&quot; and embrace the &quot;single developer mindset&quot; again. You don&#x27;t need a plan, a Kanban board or a bug database, just an idea in your head. Get rid of &quot;big languages&quot; which are good for team work, but just a hinderance when working alone. In my case this meant: dropping C++ and embracing C (today that would be: Zig). Focus on getting shit done like when you started out with programming instead of agonising over design decisions. It&#x27;s better to throw away something that doesn&#x27;t work than wasting too much time upfront with planning (and then it still won&#x27;t work). At least you still learned something valuable. Try to do the &#x27;planning&#x27; part passively in the back of your head out in nature while taking a walk or some other outdoor activity.<p>(2) Pick a challenging problem where you have no idea yet how it works, but which you would like to know. In my case this was &quot;home computer emulators&quot;.<p>...well 3 steps, step 3 would be: don&#x27;t set yourself any deadlines for this sort of &quot;fun stuff&quot;.