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I've struggled with the same thoughts above, and giving back is helpful. I've tried to document it (https://www.codekindly.org/) with these principles of giving back by coding kindly:
Be Kind to the Earth: reduce code waste, utilize green infra
Be Kind to Community: donate code, give to charity
Be Kind to Users: protect privacy, provide joyful experiences
Be Kind to Yourself: physical + mental health, cultivate relationships
It's a shift in mindset to find fulfillment in your current job
You are important your entire life.
You've been trained to expect pages to load slowly. If pages weren't slow to begin with then this behavior would not be necessary.
Dang that's awesome, I need to move to the UK! No guarantee like that in the US
I love this. I've found that my most engaged users are the ones that report errors, churn less, etc.
SpeedCurve and Calibre are great options listed in that article. Also suggest MachMetrics https://www.machmetrics.com/