after a grueling 4 years of school and a bit of time at a fintech company ive lost almost all the enjoyment i once had for computers in high school. what kind of projects or whatever can i do to have fun again without feeling stressed.
edit: thanks everyone for such creative suggestions!! anything else on the internets just like build a trivia game teehee but yall put real thought into this shit, thank you!!
If you want to have some fun again, maybe program a little with artsy-fartsy shaders.
Make a little blog that showcases them and write a little animation everyday - or twice a week.
I’ve seen also “shadplay” which lets you easily write and run shaders using rust. There was also this other tool where people could live-code shaders, but I forgot the name
Infinite respect to those who know the deep magic of shader programming
Programmers discover shaders and shout “this is how computers should’ve been the whole time!” Then we spend twelve hours trying to turn a circle right-side-up.
Artists discover shaders and cry. Then they whip out some gorgeous speckled surface with fractal detail and we go “How the fuck?” and they say “I don’t know.”
Also check out creative coding which is pretty similar to shaders, but has a lower entry barrier IMO
I used to do a ton with Processing and P5. This guy https://www.youtube.com/@TheCodingTrain did wonders for my skill and enjoyment a few years ago. I owe him a lot
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/@TheCodingTrain
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
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