I agree, is the 100th rest api I’ve made for my 5th employer art? I don’t think so. It’s just a way to (maybe) make my employer money.
I’d say the brainfuck language on the other hand is art. Hard to draw a fine line as to which is which.
I can say most if not all the projects I’ve ever made land in the former. I’ve made some clever solutions but nothing approaching something with meaning.
There can be beauty in even the smallest of things. You can tell alot about a person by how they choose to structure even down to the loops and methods.
I believe it's a spectrum, just like there is a whole spectrum between the Mona Lisa and a generic flyer for your local bowling alley.