> I miss the 70s when programming was the default way to solve problems.
When you get deep enough into writing a custom tool it starts doing things a generic tool would never accomplish (or it would have to be bloated with features no one needs) Hard coding values and constraints for personal use makes such elegantly simple interfaces.
For example, my agenda is a beutiful boulderdash-like grid of icons. The data is a set of arrays [1,2,1,0,0,1,1] and an object for special days. There are no setting, it has zero buttons to press.
I've made countless silly things other people could use if only they knew it existed.
https://go-here.nl/real-salary-calculator.html
https://title-spider.go-here.nl
https://salamisushi.go-here.nl
endless things I've made for personal use. I think something like 60% needs one or two lines of love to work in 2024.