I am at a point where I consider using a different framework than the usual to glue things together "interesting".
It used to be even worse though - I spent almost two years maintaining and developing an 8-year-old JavaScript codebase. Sure, it was interesting, but in way I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy.
Eventually I found an outlet for this need in my work after hours. If you're childless and your line of work is pumping out CRUD apps then you should easily have the capacity to spend an average of at least half an hour daily on interesting things. Embarrassingly enough sometimes I feel I've created more during these thirty minutes than a whole day doing the stuff that pays the bills.
It used to be even worse though - I spent almost two years maintaining and developing an 8-year-old JavaScript codebase. Sure, it was interesting, but in way I wouldn't wish upon my worst enemy.
Eventually I found an outlet for this need in my work after hours. If you're childless and your line of work is pumping out CRUD apps then you should easily have the capacity to spend an average of at least half an hour daily on interesting things. Embarrassingly enough sometimes I feel I've created more during these thirty minutes than a whole day doing the stuff that pays the bills.