Comment by 🚀 devoid
Re: "I've been without much motivation for programming... Do you…"
@stack:
Same here.
I've been there myself for a while. Hang in there brother.
Some broad ideas/things I get lit about: [civics/direct involvement, code art/code as art, digital infrastructure, privacy, netfiltering].
Hope you'll find something again that sparks but if you're burnt out then take a break. Do something else for a while. (Would advise against picking up looking for jobs/talking to recruiters as a hobby personally but YMMV, and it did give me some nice new [web]filtering/scripting skills.)
2025-08-31 · 8 months ago
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👻 darkghost · 2025-08-31 at 17:19:
My burn out protocol is to find isolation in nature and exist there for a few hours. COVID took my focus and calm. I am just beginning to reclaim it, current events not withstanding. Some days are better than others. 5 years is a long time to be away from your hobbies and just be focused on getting through the day.
🚀 stack · 2025-08-31 at 20:29:
@abilu definitely not looking for a job!
Seems like I am really good at pissing people off here, in the meantime.
🚀 LucasMW · 2025-09-01 at 16:33:
I recommend taking a break for good. And removing news feeds or any kind of attention seeking thing.
Go to walk. Go observe nature. Go read a book. Go to the movies. Go rest. Do these until you have a spark of new ideas to code or an urge to program again.
🚀 MisterImpossible · 2025-09-03 at 17:29:
I don't really believe in the notion of motivation, only Do or Don't. If you want to program, just sit at your desk and write some code - it doesn't matter what or even if it's any good, just go with it. You'll soon enough get back into it if it's really something you want to do.
🌧️ candycanearter [✍️] · 2025-09-04 at 12:27:
theres always stuff like Advent of Code, if you want to try that?
🚀 stack · 2025-09-04 at 13:24:
Advent of code always seemed like the most boring thing on the planet. If I had to do it in Python I think I'd kill myself.
🚀 stack · 2025-09-13 at 16:01:
So I did get remotivated by a flurry of activity when the tilde running my game failed to fix their Gemini server, forcing me to scramble to rehost and get my own VPS and try to get an existing Gemini server working...
I also wrote a Gemini server:
— bbs.geminispace.org/s/Fornax
At least it was a good week.
Original Post
I've been without much motivation for programming... Do you guys know anyway to combat this? Like some mental-exercise?