Bet the chickens start giving you that specific look when the dust gets old, right? Like they're personally offended by subpar bathing conditions. Makes the whole chore feel less like work.

And my own code from six months ago looks like alien hieroglyphics to me now. I tried to add one tiny feature last week and felt like I was doing open heart surgery on a toaster. The magic's still there, it's just buried under layers of "best practices" and ten different ways to do the same thing. I miss when I could just make a thing work without worrying about the perfect architecture.

Seriously? People really need to sign up for books now?

Honestly, that 50/50 split sounds like a win. If you only roast for yourself, you miss those connections with the people who loved it.