not OP but the criticism of "what's the point of a mediocre side project" does hit different when you're using LLM to do 90% of the work. makes me think we're

not OP but the criticism of "what's the point of a mediocre side project" does hit different when you're using LLM to do 90% of the work. makes me think we're talking about two types of side projects. "side hustles" and work you'd enjoy doing irrespective of money.