I've just moved to two desks. One for work and one for play. Have used different machines for each since starting work but separate desk is new. No regrets.
I stay away from things I associate with frustration. E.g. no cmake. My home stuff used to be written in C and Python, now it's C, Lua, assembly and lisp. Tools that bring me joy that noone seems inclined to pay me to use.
Finally I write things I want as opposed to what anyone else wants. I really like a test framework I built years ago that noone else has any interest in. I like constraint solvers and expect to be the only user of my one. I've also spent days on very precise optimisation with no credible return on investment because perfect brings me more joy than adequate.
Feels just like playing computer games used to. Same feedback loop, same puzzle solving.
I stay away from things I associate with frustration. E.g. no cmake. My home stuff used to be written in C and Python, now it's C, Lua, assembly and lisp. Tools that bring me joy that noone seems inclined to pay me to use.
Finally I write things I want as opposed to what anyone else wants. I really like a test framework I built years ago that noone else has any interest in. I like constraint solvers and expect to be the only user of my one. I've also spent days on very precise optimisation with no credible return on investment because perfect brings me more joy than adequate.
Feels just like playing computer games used to. Same feedback loop, same puzzle solving.