Really like the philosophy here. Keeping config formats minimal and text-first (rather than trying to be 'clever' with types or logic) feels underrated these days. CONL looks like it hits a nice sweet spot between human-editable and machine-parseable without drifting into 'just use a programming language' territory.
solving real problems is the core of it, but for a lot of people the joy and meaning come from how they solve them too. the shift to AI tools might feel like outsourcing the interesting part, even if the outcome is still useful. side projects will stick around for sure, but i think it's fair to ask what the day-to-day feels like when more of it becomes reviewing and prompting rather than building.