Comment by betwixthewires

I've become the same way. I can't really pinpoint when it stopped being fun, but I know I used to have a hell of a time with a couple of cheap netbooks and a really cheap android phone with an unlocked bootloader. I had a whole setup in my living room on milk crates.

Somewhere along the way I started writing code as a full time job. I enjoyed it. After that I still enjoyed messing around. But I agree with the article in the post, it just became a mess of overcomplicated abstraction, a chore, a hassle, and now I want my (2) computers to just work when I need them and beyond that leave it alone.

I still write code on the side as a hobby, but I don't particularly enjoy it, I just build things I'd like to see exist in the world from time to time.