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Yeah, I’m willing to bet that most folks here are either into music/audio, photography, video production, or building gear and software that supports these endeavors in some way. I know a lot of people who code, but few of them visit this site. The ones that do fall into one of those categories.

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I think I've observed a strong correlation between programmers with hobbies in the real world that involve making things. Carpentry is a biggie. So is photography and cooking. Also musical performance (guitar/drums/bass) but to a lesser extent.

Hmm.. seems like hobbies that involve lots (and lots) of gear are key. :)

Your circle of friends who code is either small or young. This site was foundationally mostly coders for a very very long time. Often times technical articles and codebases would pop up and large discussions had. Sad to see that's the upcoming perception.

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