On: Ask HN: I just want to have fun programming again

[college_physics]

> I feel like there aren't really any good options in software development any more

Totally empathize. Why we ended up this way when "tech" has been eating the world for so long is another story...

One little corner that might be worth exploring is KDE apps based on QtQuick / Kirigami. You can leverage your C++ and deploy on android too.

https://develop.kde.org/frameworks/kirigami/