I do a lot of open source contribution on my spare time because I think it’s fun and I like to contribute to software that is open and free for anyone to use. I have several friends and co-workers that think I’m stupid for not only work on projects that pays me.

I’m happy as long as I get to write code for fun and also contribute to the world. That is it’s own reward.

There is just a lot less noice on Lemmy. Reddit feels like 1 legit post for every 100 shit post.