Not GP but as a 90s kid who didn’t learn programming until my 20s my impression is that script kiddies with cute hacks are a huge source of creativity. And maybe even playful tools, which I personally enjoy. Something about not focusing on deep programming or tech maybe makes it easier to just have fun and accomplish your goals.

Yup, similar to other comment.

I fear that todays kids are too compliant on everything; the script kiddie ethos at the time still wasn't primarily clear fraud, just chaos. Which, yeah, I think we could use a little of that now.