Comment by nyarlathotep_

I'm in the same boat.

I'll say LLMs have influenced this for me. I've lost some part of what made programming "interesting".

Sure, digging through docs and finding small-scale workable examples to for boillerplate/whatever was never fun, but a lot of what drew me to programming was the wading into the unknown and the satisfaction of figuring things out (often even "chore" type things).

I'll keep looking for a new hobby, I guess.

Related, I feel like programming jobs are on the way out, one way or another (at least for me); programming recreationally had the side benefit of increasing marketable skill--this was never a primary or even secondary motivator for me, but now seeing as it's benefit in that realm seems far smaller, I've also lost motivation there.

Maybe I'll feel a bit better as the weather improves.