Opposite here. I was excited by writing code and worked on open source side projects consistently. Somehow, I've not done anything since around August 2025.

I have a sense that AI could have something to do with it.

AI is degrading the status of our profession; its perception in the public eye.

At the same time, it is stealing our work and letting cretins pretend to be software engineers.

It's a bad taste in the mouth.