I started out with hacking/modding video games. After messing around with that for a while I wanted to start making my own projects. These projects were fangames and other tools, but I learned a lot from them. Eventually I started making my own little games.
I run a small homelab for personal media, backups, and self-hosted apps. It's mostly for me and friends, so here's what's running:
Self-hosted media server for streaming my personal library.
Private cloud storage and file sync.
A library manager for organizing my personal game backups.