I'd encourage you to join the following subreddits that might be interesting to you: r/compilers, r/programminglanguages, r/EmuDev, r/databasedevelopment. You'

I'd encourage you to join the following subreddits that might be interesting to you: r/compilers, r/programminglanguages, r/EmuDev, r/databasedevelopment. You'll find more people like yourself interested in core CS. My company also runs a Discord community for those kinds of people: discord.multiprocess.io. Good luck!