news.ycombinator.com• Feb 11, 2025• 1 min read
Ask HN: What inspires you about computing?I am a ~30yo software developer working in the cybersecurity space who is pretty damn depressed. I'm dealing with a combination of family issues, work instability, and the fallout from exiting a 3-year relationship.I understand that depression is a disease that needs to be treated like any other, and I'm in therapy and taking medication. I'm also doing other things like excercising and trying to eat healthy, with varying levels of success. There's plenty of health advice on the Internet of various quality, including on HN, so I don't really want to ask about that.What I wanted to know was how you all feel inspired by computing anymore. Reading about security vulns used to feel like this incredible discovery, now they fill me with dread about the future of security and privacy. I'm doing Leetcode/HackerRank/HackTheBox to try and brush up my skills - such problems used to feel like fun mental excercises, now they just feel like endless drugery where I'm never as good as I want to be. Rea
