For me, it's about having a tangible impact at a more local level. I make small software to solve specific needs and it feels just as good as making real object

For me, it's about having a tangible impact at a more local level. I make small software to solve specific needs and it feels just as good as making real objects. It's not so much about ownership, but about operating on concrete things that you can point to, instead of spinning up virtual machines in the cloud. Building software without agile or tickets or meetings feels just as good. It's what I've been doing for the last five years. It feels nice again.