[ofrzeta]

If you still want to code as a hobby you could do "programming" opposed to "software engineering" as someone in this thread has pointed out. Personally I could see making web apps with a Web 1.0 design as a fun project although probably I would still structure projects "professionally" :)

I get that it's not much fun to code apps (which I did for fun, too) because you need to do some kind of marketing to get a user base because if you don't it's not much fun to have an orphaned app in a store.

There's still a place for fringe programming if you feel the urge. Or go fishing or do gardening.