Hope springs eternal. There seems to be a strong movement to make Rust replace both C++ and C#. I should have taken python more seriously when I first saw it in Linux about 20 years ago, given the fever dream that grips the world now.

If I can rekindle the joy I used to have in software, I am going to just do game mods and Android FOSS app development.

Right now the thought of doing development practically gives me hives. Talk about PTSD. The thing I loved since writing assembly on a commodore 64 now brings dread.

I suppose the fact (ha!) that I no longer have to know a programming language (but I have to have several memorized to get through the first interview) should make it easy.

I have to admit my brief forays into local LLM assisted programming impressed me. I just can't motivate right now to "get serious".