> Working with an interactive component with Vue/React, and/or working with api data definitely has been actual fun.

That kind of says it, doesn't it? Try to get better knowledge with Vue/React and land a job at a product company with a cool application that you like. The problems there are much more interesting than "nudging things 1px this way and 2px that way". I can tell that because I'm a frontend engineer myself.

Best of luck!