Coding side projects brings me immense joy. My paid gigs have been soul-crushing, with occasional exceptions. It's all about autonomy. I have a particular appro

Coding side projects brings me immense joy. My paid gigs have been soul-crushing, with occasional exceptions. It's all about autonomy. I have a particular approach to cultivating robust codebases, which I developed over 30 years, and which I'm mostly forbidden to apply at work. What, how, and when you can make changes is constrained by team consensus and / or company culture.