I'm actually having more fun than I've had in years with this, since I've mainly focussed on my personal projects while getting the hang of what's achievable. And it turns out to be quite a lot if you're a creative thinker.

At first it kind of depressed me, but now I realised that actually writing code is only part of my day job, the rest is integrating infrastructure and managing people and enabling them to do their job as well, and if I can do the coding/integration part faster and give them better tools more quickly, that's a huge win.

This means I can spend more time at the beach and on my physical and mental well being as well. I was stubborn and skeptical a year ago, but now I'm just really enjoying the process of learning new things.