It is fun to watch and keep track of - And keeping in mind it's also been an insane amount of work by an insane number of people with an insane amount of budget

It is fun to watch and keep track of - And keeping in mind it's also been an insane amount of work by an insane number of people with an insane amount of budget thrown at the problems. You can do quite a bit in software "as a hobby" - and this field is not it.