I'm writing code again. It's something I've always enjoyed, but I've taken significant time off, roughly two years. A number of issues forced me to take a break. Some of those issues are resolved, some I'm still dealing with. I'm working through the ones I can. Others will be with me for the rest of my life.
Anyhow, this application, DVRSLY, is the app I've been working on the most. Starting just three weeks ago, I've had to relearn a lot of the programming knowledge I used to have. I had to learn some new tech as well. I have experience with Ruby on Rails but not version 8, which I'm now using. I never used Docker before, so that was a bit of a learning curve. I also am learning Kamal, a deployment system from 37signals.
I truly enjoy writing code. I enjoy figuring things out and solving problems. I'm working on my own stuff for now. Yes, I could contribute to existing projects like mastodon, but I don't think I'm up to digging into such a large codebase. Maybe some day. Maybe I'll just continue my apps. There's no harm in more apps, more choices. Especially since DVRSLY, and a few of my other projects, are Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). If you're unfamiliar with the concept, you can read about it in the Open Source Guides.