@cwebber I couldn't agree more on this direction where fun has a central role, and well explained in the @spritely thread.
I really liked the notion of 'joyful coding' coined by Dan North @tastapod that's further elaborated into an alternative to the very serious SOLID principles at https://cupid.dev
Am expanding the idea at social coding movement to become 'joyful creation' and holistically address co-creation on the open social web, which includes evolving the open social stack itself.