I can definitely relate. I was a web developer for years before transitioning to Android and iOS development, which was way more challenging and rewarding. I gr

I can definitely relate. I was a web developer for years before transitioning to Android and iOS development, which was way more challenging and rewarding. I gradually shifted away from UI altogether and focused on mobile infrastructure. And nowadays I have shifted away from that and work on ML. So anything is possible. Get out of web dev and frontend at all costs. I have found every other area programming much more fulfilling and challenging. Including embedded and game programming, which I'll do outside of work. Web dev is just too high level and too basic. There are way more interesting problems out there than mangling CSS to do what you want. Re: lighthearted. Procedural programming for games. Mazes, cellular automata, terrain etc. This book is a good place to start: https://pragprog.com/book/jbmaze/mazes-for-programmers https://pragprog.com/book/jbmaze/mazes-for-programmers