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Do you want to know the secret to starting projects for yourself? Don't buy or download any software just write it yourself. I've got a huge movie collection o
by gravypod 10y ago
Do you want to know the secret to starting projects for yourself? Don't buy or download any software just write it yourself.
I've got a huge movie collection on DVD. Rather then use Plex I made my own website to do the same thing. I have a lot of PDFs of books I want to read, made similar software to allow me to keep my position in my browser
I wanted to study for a HAM license general exam do I made this: http://ham.joshuakatz.me/exam http://ham.joshuakatz.me/exam
I've been looking for a thinkpad x220t so I made this go scrape cregslist for me:
https://github.com/gravypod/BargeIn https://github.com/gravypod/BargeIn
(I live in N. NJ if anyone has one laying around)
There are thousands of examples where I've done this and it's very fun. It improves your abilities and toolings and in general makes your life on the computer much easier.
You don't have to be trendy just be useful to yourself and people will like it.
- shrikrishna 10y agoI can't overstate what a good advice this is. It's counterintuitive, but if you are just starting out, reinventing the wheel is the best practice you can get!
- joe563323 10y agoI too think the same seriously. This is not sarcasm right ?
- shrikrishna 10y agoNo it isn't. I did the same when I was starting out. Rather, we all do, when we are starting to learn anything new, by following tutorials, where you basically reimplement what the author of the tutorial has.
- giancarlostoro 10y agoThis is one reason I installed ReactOS. They make their own framework for the OS, and they haven't made too many apps, so my idea is to add in the things I need for myself.