Coding has never _stopped_ being a passion for me, but my increasingly limited time becomes an issue.
And Claude code (and cursor) saves me So. Much. Time.
I only have 10-20 active years ahead of me, so this is really, really important. Young ppl don’t get it.
Now I do fun code on a laptop on the sofa with my family. I’m only typing in tiny breaks between socializing and I’m still getting lots of fun stuff done.
I can play with my 7yo, or help the 11yo with his homework, or go for a run!! - while LLM is cooking a well-spec'ed agentic task. This sounds embarrassing, but LLMs have made our lives healthier, unbelievable.
PS. Not to mention all the "boring" sh*t that I used to postpone/stretch indefinitely, like writng docs or polishing copy for my website... No more stress, no procrastination, just let the LLM do it.
Phone goes back in my pocket and I'll have something to read when I get back home. Literal game changer.
Before those ideas just flowed through my brain and either out the other ear or got filed into "don't have time anyway shrug" and never completed or even tried.
10-20 years of coding/technology or living?
Young ppl rarely get life experience/choices, youth is wasted on the young, 1000x for my own.