I like the article. Reminds me of when I started working on EndBASIC. People, especially close friends, would joke about it and ask why I wasted time on such a project.

I didn’t have to justify myself but I found it useful to spell out some of the reasons: https://jmmv.dev/2021/01/why-endbasic.html

And you know what, every time this project has gotten some broad attention, it has been well received just as the original article says :)