It’s so much better! Tooling is many orders of magnitude better and so many libraries give you deep power from an easy API. What used to be a team and 18 months is a library install and a day so you’re free to do much bigger things.
Christ even version control. The shit I put up with over the years.
My hobby time has shifted to other kinds of technical endeavors. I still contribute to FOSS, but programming microcontrollers feels more raw, and building a 3D printer kit rekindles the days of building a PC before it was normalized.
For instance right now I’m using FreeCAD to design blades for a custom 10" rack, and a set of scripts to mange the devices. Context change helps a lot.
Man. I so feel this. I’m 51 and started programming when I was 10. It’s not anything like it used to be. I miss those days.
It’s so much better! Tooling is many orders of magnitude better and so many libraries give you deep power from an easy API. What used to be a team and 18 months is a library install and a day so you’re free to do much bigger things.
Christ even version control. The shit I put up with over the years.
You can still program in those platforms, if you want to.
My hobby time has shifted to other kinds of technical endeavors. I still contribute to FOSS, but programming microcontrollers feels more raw, and building a 3D printer kit rekindles the days of building a PC before it was normalized.
For instance right now I’m using FreeCAD to design blades for a custom 10" rack, and a set of scripts to mange the devices. Context change helps a lot.