i'm very happy that i didn't give up on my homebrew/hobby DAW project (also thanks to @holo_memory@mastodon.gamedev.place being a motivating influence) and after a long time i passed some kind of threshold where it's a fun/flow activity to work on it, which i didn't have for a while because of a previously overcomplicated architecture, and i also massively improved my C/C++ editing setup in emacs which helps me stay in the flow.