In over 30 years of being a software developer, I think I have probably created more than a thousand apps that have been used in the 'real world', from tiny com

In over 30 years of being a software developer, I think I have probably created more than a thousand apps that have been used in the 'real world', from tiny command line utilities to major ERP systems. About a hundred or so have been used in businesses to make money and improve efficiency, and while I earned money writing those systems, it was a tiny fraction of what the actual value of those systems could have been. (One example: I wrote a charter booking system for a local bus company back in the early 2000's. Total billings was about $10K. The owner of the company came to me after 10 years of using my system to thank me and say that my software helped to improve his $1M turnover company by around 10% with booking efficiency. That is $100K/year for 10 years = $1M productivity improvement for $10K!) I have had a couple of apps that could have gone BIG - One was in the early 90's when I wrote an app to build and organise armies for Warhammer 40,000. I released it on a couple of WH40K forums and got a TON of great feedback, but the app had a few Games Workshop copyrighted images in it, so they rightfully sent me a 'cease and desist' letter that was actually quite nice and recommended I remove the copyrighted elements only. I decided that I would just can the whole project. Bear in mind this was the first app I knew of to automate the army building, tracking points and printing character sheets out. There are a ton of them that have come out since then which are great, but I always wonder 'what could have been' and if my pride was just some form of self-sabotage? Anyhow - looks like the OP has got his perspective right - focusing on life and his new born son. I find that now I am older, doing stuff like spending time with family or playing my guitar is far more attractive than coding. I don't regret the time I spent on 'dead' projects though... Everything is simply a learning experience.