I am a former academic now working in tech. In the past year I have missed research. I don't have the time or patience to go through the whole peer-review proc

I am a former academic now working in tech. In the past year I have missed research. I don't have the time or patience to go through the whole peer-review process in my spare time. Furthermore, some aspects of peer-reviewed scientific writing are quite boring to me e.g. introductions, trying to sell the importance of your results. Instead, I find that I can scratch my research itch by doing what I want, then uploading the results to GitHub. So far I've re-implemented a couple of recently published papers, and put in a modest contribution of my own. If you want some discussion on your work, you can turn to a pertinent online forum. Apart from being much faster than writing a full paper, another advantage is transparency and reproducibility. It has become a fulfilling hobby.