It is not necessarily porn in the sexual sense - although it can be - it is more like when people on the internet post pictures of their food and call it food porn? When it is something that is very appealing and enjoyable to look at or think about or things like that.

You're competency porn. So the dedication may not have been recognized or appreciated in the moment, but it is not worthless.

Of course they don't actually mean competency, that is a low bar, they mean exceptionally skilled, but English... is a ridiculous language.