"... Working a corporate job had enough drudgery to begin with, but the last year it has become more necessary than ever to have a place of accomplishment which is simple and fun. ...
Having a project where I can directly use my skill on distinctly human tools is a breath of fresh air that has kept me sane and happy.
If you feel like me, I highly recommend thinking about how your tools and craft can be distilled so that other people can pick them up, use them and eventually modify them. Keep them distinctly human. Even before AI, us software developers loved to add complexity to solve problem like scale, "performance", and things the "user" would need. Build like you are the only user and most complexity will melt away. Write your tools to be fast for O(H), where H is human use only. The editor I write in is pure-lua and yet has zero latency despite asynchronously syntax highlighting the file. I've designed it to be able to load and edit million line files using only KiB of added memory. Sometimes problems seem harder than they really are. ..."
jonjacky•1h ago
"... Working a corporate job had enough drudgery to begin with, but the last year it has become more necessary than ever to have a place of accomplishment which is simple and fun. ... Having a project where I can directly use my skill on distinctly human tools is a breath of fresh air that has kept me sane and happy.
If you feel like me, I highly recommend thinking about how your tools and craft can be distilled so that other people can pick them up, use them and eventually modify them. Keep them distinctly human. Even before AI, us software developers loved to add complexity to solve problem like scale, "performance", and things the "user" would need. Build like you are the only user and most complexity will melt away. Write your tools to be fast for O(H), where H is human use only. The editor I write in is pure-lua and yet has zero latency despite asynchronously syntax highlighting the file. I've designed it to be able to load and edit million line files using only KiB of added memory. Sometimes problems seem harder than they really are. ..."