Same. I miss the excitement around programming. New languages, new tricks, weird hacks, odd projects.

I have little to no interest in AI coding - I try it every couple months but always regret it, git reset, and go back to coding by hand.

It feels quite lonely these days. The general energy and enthusiasm from hn was a big source of motivation, or maybe community. Now using hn feels quite isolating.

I do see the occasional post about going back to hand coding though, and their frequency seems to be on the rise, so hopefully that correction continues

(I don’t need to see no AI, to each their own, just would be nice to see an equal amount of hand coding content one day)