good software got me wanting to code (and i hate it)

Welcome back Bearblog! I've been out for some months. Not that anyone cares (me included), but welcome back! It does feel nice to be here. The topic for today is: Lately I have found myself giving way more credit to the software that sustains my day to day. I think it is deserved. Thanks Navidrome for managing my 2.5K songs as if it was nothing, among others. I have never liked programming. I tried, I really did, I'm that "it guy" friend in a group, and some of my friends daily drive Linux, so back then when thinking what to do with my life, I thought that programming was the obvious answer. I get why some people enjoy it, and I appreciate it, it just isn't for me. However. I want to learn new things. I want to draw and play an instrument (I only know a bit of the later, and nothing of the former). And suddenly programming is on my head too. What if I do a silly little CLI tool for whatever? I don't know what exactly, but I gravitate towards doing a client for something. Be it a…

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