The author finds that spending energy on stable software ecosystem provides the psychological security to beat back the urge to study during free time.

I have a similar story of study and my escape has been to learn more about software design instead of frameworks or libraries. For example; DDD teaches how to describe problem spaces and how to talk about solutions in a way that is independent of any particular language or framework.

My learning efforts now seem better spent on building a core set of knowledge that has broader applicability.