I don't get this attitude at all. I would think most programmers/readers are interested in the gears and cogs behind something they use on a regular basis. Especially if the work in web, backend, etc.
If you want to know what stuff I'm impressed by it's things like Mastodon, Nostr apps, and stuff that does more than edit a simple content tree of nothing but plain text. We can't even upload images. Can't do markdown. lol. It's definitely a "Less is More" app, from two decades ago. Just agree to agree with me on that. It's not an insult to them. It's just an observation.