I thought I'd miss all the typing and syntax, but I really don't. Everyone has their own relationship with coding, but for me, I get satisfaction out of the end product and putting it in front of someone. To the extend that I cared about the code, it mainly had to do with how much it allowed the end product to shine.

Yes, there's clearly a big split in the community where perhaps ~50% are like OP and the other ~50% are like you. But I think we should still respect the views of the other side and try to empathize.