I was adopted at birth, and the start of my career as a programmer revolved around helping build websites and services for clinical psychologists and adopted children, as well as maintaining the forums and other channels where clinical psychologists talked about, well, all the things you talk about on forums. I made a custom CMS using CakePHP and did my damnedest to link it up with the forum. Back then I had barely a year of experience doing programming but somehow I made it all work while I was on sick leave for depression.
I kept that up for a fair few years until I got burned out with handling a full time job and going home to do more of it. However, looking back and looking at where things are now...well, some of it remains: https://clinpsy.org.uk/
That's my first legit project (amongst a couple) and I wish I had that fervour and desire to do the same again. The community around that was fantastic and it was pivotal in my decision to find my independence.
I kept that up for a fair few years until I got burned out with handling a full time job and going home to do more of it. However, looking back and looking at where things are now...well, some of it remains: https://clinpsy.org.uk/
That's my first legit project (amongst a couple) and I wish I had that fervour and desire to do the same again. The community around that was fantastic and it was pivotal in my decision to find my independence.