[nxtfari]

not anything new. people have been taking up “old timey” hobbies to get away from screens since the late 2000s. you’ll remember the hipster javascript baristas of portland taking up leatherworking and blacksmithing between launching meteorJS sites “made with <3”

[throwaway270925]

Agreed. My take is both your example and the article's are just "people taking up hobbies" in general. Millenials in your example, GenZ now, both at a time in their lives were they earn a stable, regular income for the first time and have time after work to actually follow a hobby or two... But ofc thats not exciting enough for a modern headline.

[s1gsegv]

I still like the old “made with <3” meme. Maybe it’s because nowadays, I’ve been doing way less software professionally so it’s able to be my hobby again, and it feels fitting.