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>> But it is good to know whether a project is a hobby project to help learn, or a serious project aimed at getting traction, or what. Most programming projec
by alttab 9y ago
>> But it is good to know whether a project is a hobby project to help learn, or a serious project aimed at getting traction, or what.
Most programming projects start with the intention of the latter but usually end up becoming the former.
- kodo 9y agoI’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) Linus Torvalds 1991
- alttab 9y agoMinecraft is another good example.
- the_duke 9y agoI think it's the other way around. Most projects start out as a hobby / experiment and a tiny fraction of those become popular.