Programming was my hobby, now it’s my job so instead of having a hobby I just work too much
Yeah it was a fun hobby too when I was in school. But when I started working as a programmer, I don’t want anything to do with it after work hours, or else I get terrible burnout. I’ve tried a couple of hobbies but now I just do video games and learning guitar.
I enjoy programming. However this opinion varies wildly if my code works or not.
It brang me to develop photon!
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This was interesting, thanks for sharing.
More power to you. I feel like I understand this well enough just from following politics over the last 8 years, and I kinda hate how I have to break my brain to understand what politicians are actually saying. I do it as a necessity to remain an engaged citizen, not for fun 😂
The Elements of Eloquence is a fantastic read.
I like to just browse Wikipedia. It’s an endless wealth of knowledge that never ceases to impress me. It’s like the modern library of Alexandria.
I also make cocktails for fun, target shoot, fish, ride trails (not trials), make pens, collect knives, play skyrim, and i cook too.
I bounce between what i focus on often.
you make pens? Like ink pens?
Yeah like ballpoint pens
That’s really cool! Do you have to buy specific materials, or do you buy other pens and take them apart to make new ones?
Yeah i buy internal kits. It has the transmission, tube, pen cartridge, and some other pieces. I usually pour my own acrilic blanks, and cut my own wood blanks.
Mostly i just turn down wood or acrylics into the exterior handle piece of the pen. Its pretty cathartic because you end up with a product that reflects your effort and each one will be completely unique.
what’s the transmission on a pen?
Maybe the clicky bit?
Its the piece that clicks and moves the ballpoint in or out of the housing. On some pens it clicks and on others it twists. Its just the moving part.
oh! I can’t tell you enough how cool I think this is. I have always loved pens though and have a hard time not spending too much when I go to art stores cause I want to buy all the pens/markers.
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I started selfhosting just before the pandemic. I don’t know that I’d say it’s fun so much as sometimes satisfying.
I build loudspeakers, both home and car. But, mostly car subwoofers, amplifiers, head units etc. But also home speakers for home theaters.
I absolutely love it. Music is a big passion of mine (despite never learning to play an instrument). I love it because every project has so many challenges. I love electrical work and designing a system from scratch and then getting to see it actually work iis awesome. It’s like little engineering challenges all throughout. Very engaging for me.
There’s also a lot of wood working involved. Making a functional piece of furniture and getting to expirement with different techniques is a lot of fun.
My dad used to do this as a side hustle. It’s how I learned to solder.
Shaving with a safety razor is kinda a hobby for me. Its just feels like I’m treating myself.
Retro computing. Programming things like a Commodore 64 in Assembly on the machine. It’s a wonderful experience and pretty removed from modern programming.
Playing Music! I’m a guitarist primarily, but I’ve gained a diverse set of instruments over the years. I recently picked up an Accordion, they’re a lot of fun!
Cooking in general, and baking in particular. It is actual fun for me, and is actually stress relief as well, because it allows me creative freedom in a medium that I apparently have natural talent in. I make my own bread every week for sandwiches, bake snacks for my weekly board game meetup, volunteer to make birthday cakes for friends and family, and give out giant boxes of cookies every Christmas. I am always inventing and researching new recipes, converting recipes to accommodate various dietary needs, and trying to find ways to use ingredients I have lying around in a way that will ensure I don’t have food going to waste. There is nothing better to me than when I figure out what each recipe needs at each step and why, and watching it all come together.
I grew up learning to bake from my grandmother, and I inherited her passion and apparently her natural talent for it. I have a lot of recipes memorized, can eyeball teaspoon and tablespoon measures of ingredients with good accuracy, and can somehow get anywhere from 5-10% more out of any given recipe. If a cookie recipe makes 5 dozen I get 6 or 7, even if I am not skimping on size. If I make bread, it rises quicker and larger, even if it is cold. Making cake, I always have extra batter for a couple of cupcakes. It works out though, because I can taste test everything and throw any extra cookies in the freezer so that way I am better prepared for Christmas.
It is always amazing to see someone’s face light up when they get baked goods they love, especially if their diets mean they don’t often get to enjoy them. For example, several of my friends have Celiac, and seeing how happy they are to get things like butter cookies, crinkly-top brownies, or gingerbread is just amazing. It is an easy way to make people feel included and happy, and I get to have fun in the kitchen while doing it.
Barbershop quartet singing (ala The Barbershop Harmony Society). Instant friends and such satisfaction to hear yourself lending a note into four-part chords. (It’s the basis of my username.)
I compete in powerlifting and ham radio when I have the time.
What are the odds? My two hobbies are ham lifting and power radio!
Programming was my hobby like the other person, I also now work as a software developer so my hobby now is walking. I don’t want to look at a screen after work.
I’ve had countless hobbies though (ADHD) and to name a few:
- Minecraft
- Walking
- Photography
- Baking
- Cooking
- 3D Printing
- Factorio
- Chess
- Spanish
- Running
- Gym
- Flying drones
- Drugs
I guess what i enjoy is learning new things and sinking money into them haha
Magnet Fishing.
I’m not entirely sure why I enjoy it so much but I suppose it’s a combination of different things. It gives me a dopamine hit in a similar way to opening a loot crate, the difference being I’m mostly getting rusty, muddy scrap rather than anything valuable, and some stuff can be quite interesting. It’s very satisfying pulling out large objects like bicycles, or even just big pieces of iron. It’s nice to feel like I’m cleaning up waterways too, but that’s not what attracts me to it.
Also magnets are cool.
I’m assuming the magnets you use are quite powerful. And heavy? How do you go about transporting them to where you use them? Any dangers in having them in cars/near your electronics? Or have I watched Breaking Bad too many times…
The one I have has a 600kg pull force, but I would like a stronger one. Obviously you have to be able to pull whatever gets attached to it off, which sometimes needs a good yank. It’s not particularly heavy, maybe 1kg. Usually I just stick it in a bucket attached to the rope, but I keep it in the polystyrene and box it came in when it’s at home or if I’m travelling far. The only danger having it in the car is it sticking to it, but that’s easily avoided. Takes a good yank to get it off if it does get stuck to a piece of steel as large as a car body though.
Electronics are never really a concern, the only thing the magnet is likely to come close to is my phone but I try to remember to not have it in my pockets while magnet fishing, and that’s really because I don’t want to drop it in the water. Fixed magnets have to move over a conductor to induce a current, and it would be quite small I think. The electomagnet in that breaking bad episode is very large, probably with a pull force magnitudes higher than a fishing magnet, and I can’t speak for the shows accuracy (I don’t actually remember what they used it for now).
This was really informative, thanks!
You’re welcome, thanks for being interested! If you happen to be interested in seeing some finds or just generally hearing more about magnet fishing, I’ve started posting in a (very small, but I hope it will grow) community here !magnetfishing@feddit.uk
I’ll be following!
