Developing for fun, some observations
[UPDATE]: Some really nice additions to the list here.
Since I graduated from college, I’ve sort of stuttered and started when it came to coding in my free time. I knew that I loved to problem solve, and I got great satisfaction out if that aspect of programming (its why I do it for a living), but that didn’t seem to be enough to keep me interested for more than a few weeks/months. I’d always get tired of it, and wonder how the people doing crazy things like hacking the Linux kernel kept at it. For years no less! What follows are a few observations on how to keep programming fun when you’re doing it in your free time.