>is being able to get my computer to effortlessly do things I have to and want to do. Which time in history are you referring to that this was possible? From

>is being able to get my computer to effortlessly do things I have to and want to do. Which time in history are you referring to that this was possible? From what I can tell, it's easier now than all the years i've had a computer to do whatever I want, pretty much whenever I want. This wasn't the case for most of the 90's and 2000's. Not only that, but the sheer amount of things I can use my computer to do has sky rocketed. >tracking my budgets, life metrics, doing research and tracking my notes/thoughts, and ideally a bit of digital and IRL automation. Most of that (along with my day job) falls squarely in the realm of web development. I disagree that most of those things are 'squarely' in the realm of web development. You could do many of those things without web development. The friction you're experiencing may be in fact trying to use the wrong tool for the job. >Tools should at least not get in the way, and ideally they'd be a joy to use. Again, to reiterate my point, hammers are fun to use as long as you're hammering nails, trying to hammer screws is much less fun, likewise, trying to screw in a nail isn't very fun. It's an exercise in frustration. Maybe exploring different technologies to achieve the tasks you want rather than dropping into a web development mindset for every single thing you need to do on a computer will make computers fun again?