LUKS has its own use case. You can create portable containers with it, which is nice because not everyone wants their OS drive encrypted, sometimes it’s better to be able to move a container from usb stick to drive to whatever.
Shameless plug but i wrote a nice cli script to manage luks containers.
Day jobs take up so much of your time theres none left to focus on your projects. Especially if your job wears you out and by the time you get home the only thing you have energy to do is eat dinner and shower. I finally just quit my day job, i do have some income i get from a rental property i own so that allowed me a safety net. But for those without any safety net it’s difficult. Maybe if you live with parents and can just work a part time job somewhere then dedicate 30 hours a week to your projects.
Shameless plug but i wrote a nice cli script to manage luks containers.
https://codeberg.org/emanresu/Luksman