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> So why did I spend all this time trying to write it? I treated it as a programming riddle [...] Maybe because of these results I got quite addicted to the pro
by kodablah 8y ago
> So why did I spend all this time trying to write it? I treated it as a programming riddle [...] Maybe because of these results I got quite addicted to the project itself [...] I guess it’s not too healthy (especially if you have a family), but it also doesn’t happen that often.
I can empathize, I think lots of us have GH profiles littered with projects we've hit real finish lines on but may not be useful to others. But I actually think it's healthy, especially if you have a family (assuming it's only your spare time). It provides sanity and brain maintenance simultaneously. Even better if you have an employer that doesn't track your every hour and recognizes the value of these kinds of things on down time.
> Right now I don’t have any obvious ways to move the app forward, so the addiction dissipated ;)
Run through https://github.com/konsoletyper/teavm https://github.com/konsoletyper/teavm to WASM and abstract graphics calls and what not :-)
- ashleyn 8y agoIn "science projects" like these, you pay in time to recieve experience. By day I do Javascript at work, but my work on a passion project resulted in a wealth of OpenGL and C++ experience. Enough that when I was tapped to do work on our C backend, I hit the ground running quick.