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by Ntrails 2655 days ago
> Most of a what I code in my free time is 'useless'. Project Euler and the like.

The key question is why are you writing code in your free time? Entertainment? Profit? Personal Development?

I'd rather write code to solve an interesting thing that is entertaining to me than to work on things that nobody (including me) will use. Because I'd only do it as entertainment.