Everybody is different. I'm a very long-term C programmer.

Learnt Smalltalk because I wanted to better understand OOP and I could never get comfortable with C++.

Learnt Python because it provided me with a more interactive environment. Over time as more modules were added it became increasingly my choice for exploring interfaces, e.g. poorly documented USB devices.

Learnt JavaScript because I saw it as becoming increasingly pervasive. The growth of Web APIs together with the browser's graphical environment is edging out Python for many projects.

From the caller's perspective the dispatcher is the authority figure. But that person is just at the bottom of a pyramid. The supervisor, the section manager all the way to the CEO and shareholders.

Sounds like a job to die for ... literally. There is no life-work balance when you are 6ft under pushing up daisies. But some grifters get rich on the efforts of others. i.e. business as usual.

It's always inspiring to watch videos of tangible engineering with atoms.

The managers don't care either. They are job hopping too.

I won't be surprised if companies with large amounts of vibe coded systems end up blowing up.

Unfortunately, most software is bad. It's not like customers have a choice. And even if they did, they would choose the worse solution because it's cheaper.

I feel like vibe-coding will just allow to produce more of that bad software.

But all hope is not lost: there are companies that need to build good software, so if you are a craftsman, the goal is to work there!

Why not go the other way around? For example, with Pharo, there is a WebBrowser project which could be further refined to do more of what you are proposing.

Without reference to your own level of knowledge it is impossible to suggest prompts.

What works for me is to pick an area that looks interesting (to me), paste some code and ask questions. Then you drill down until you sufficiently grok that area, then pick another, etc.

> The problem with retirement planning is that you don't know how long you're planning for.

Live it up now! When you are old, frail, bad eyesight, little stamina -- you don't need much. Just a comfortable environment.

You need enough to pay the medical bills...

... and stop doing things that you don't like just because others are guilting you to do them. I once heard somebody use the expression "x is shoulding all over you!" Really struck home how people try to dictate how you should act/live/think.

A simple advice is to consider the Taoist symbol of Yin-Yang. Move away from the dark and towards the light. Live in your own light!

There's a lot more to life than building startups. Since in your assessment you've done your job, why not take a long break? Review the past 2 years experiences and determine where your passion now lies. With experiences our priorities change. That is normal part of personal development.