The Top 5 Hobbies People in Tech Actually Love
Sunday Reset Edition
There is a myth that people in tech spend their weekends grinding, upskilling, or reading algorithm textbooks for fun.
Reality is much softer and much funnier.
People in tech have some of the most wholesome and chaotic weekend hobbies out there. Here are the top five we see across the Cat Cache community.
💜 1. Side Projects That May Never Launch
Every engineer and designer has at least one graveyard of side projects.
A half-finished app.
A brilliant idea in a dusty Figma file.
A README with “TODO” as every bullet point.
And that is okay. Creating something just because it feels good is a hobby, not a failure.
💜 2. Random Deep Dives
It always starts innocently.
You click one video or open one tab.
Suddenly it is 2 AM and you now know everything about:
quantum dots
sourdough starters
medieval architecture
the life cycle of jellyfish
why pigeons are smarter than we think
Curiosity is a flex, not a flaw.
💜 3. Techy Fitness
If you live in a tech city, you already know.
Rock climbing gyms look like LinkedIn in real life.
Running becomes an Olympic event whenever someone gets a new Apple Watch.
Pickleball is basically a networking event now.
Movement is a hobby. Community is a bonus.
💜 4. Cozy Creative Hobbies
People in tech actually love:
journaling
drawing
crochet
photography
rearranging their desk to feel “more productive energy”
Creativity is the antidote to burnout, even if no one says it out loud.
💜 5. Gaming and Building Setups
A universal truth of tech:
Everyone is building or upgrading something.
Mechanical keyboards.
PC setups with RGB.
Console collections.
Steam backlogs that haunt us.
It is fun, it is relaxing, and yes, it counts as a hobby.
⭐ The Sunday Takeaway
These hobbies are not silly or optional.
They refill the parts of you that work drains.
They make Monday survivable.
They make life feel like yours again.
So tell us, what hobby are you spending your Sunday on?
The Cat Cache crew wants to know.