self.liberate() – Writing a game in Python for Android was a liberating experience
You write code every day.
Whether you are a student or it is for your job or just for fun, most of the time you find yourself writing some code. Even when you are not writing code, you are thinking about it.
On your commute you are on HN or Reddit reading about latest and greatest. You are subscribed to many mailing lists and you read them all. You use Github search and sort by star count.
At least I do.
But then it happens. You get tired. You do not want to do it anymore. You question yourself. Your tools annoy you. Even the simplest tasks become a burden. You think about the days when you built some fun stuff.
Well don’t give up.
This is what happened to me and I guess you could call it “Programmer Burnout”. Although I prefer different kinds of burnouts.
The feeling really sucks, because you like your job and enjoy making stuff. In the end, that is why you are doing it in...