[sedev]

A toy project I did not too long ago was "keep an eye on my Twitter account and when I favorite a tweet that contains a YouTube URL, add that video to my Watch Later playlist in YouTube." Nearly every time I mention this to someone who uses both services, they want it (yes, I know Instapaper can de facto do this).

[nsxwolf]

Right. You're a software developer, and your friends saw what you did and want it, and you'll give it to them, and they'll be happier.

They don't have the skills needed to do it themselves, aren't interested in acquiring the skills, but appreciate your end product and want to use it.

I think this is just fine. I don't really want to put in the incredible effort required to learn to play the piano well, so I'm glad other people have put in that effort and I'll listen to them play instead. Would I learn if someone made it a lot easier? Probably. But would that make me a musician? Could I make inspired changes and extensions to existing works? Or wholly original works? No way!