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In some ways I really miss my days in high school when I would open up a blank php file and start coding instead of wasting HOURS Is there anything stopping yo

In some ways I really miss my days in high school when I would open up a blank php file and start coding instead of wasting HOURS Is there anything stopping you? I never went into 'web' so that's still my goto solution. A few months ago I had an idea and I had something up and running in PHP within a few days.

akuji1993 8y ago
The programming subreddits and also HN LOVE to make PHP and Javascript look like garbage. In reality, you can still make damn good software with it.
joshstrange 8y ago
No there isn't, I get into a head space that goes a little something like this: * I think I'll create a little website for XYZ * Better setup a GitHub repo for this * Hmm, I really like using Angular/Typescript since I use that so I'll use that * Better make sure Webpack is all setup and working * Should I do my development in Docker since that's how I'll deploy it? * Maybe I'll try this new NodeJS backend framework that looks interesting * I need to make sure all my config lives outside of my app so that I don't hardcode values * Oh crap, I want to share code between server and client but they both have their own Webpack configs and merging the two without screwing something up doesn't sound fun * What, was was I going to create a website for again? My most enjoyable non-work programming over the last year or so has been in my ~/git/temp-scripts folder where I can just create a new folder for something, run npm init, and be coding in less than a minute. This is mainly used for, as the name suggests, temporarily scripts or better yet, scripts that I'm not sure if they will have legs or if I'll just use it once. It's pretty much my little playground where I don't have to worry about scaling, reusability, etc.
- lifekaizen 8y ago
  Thanks for sharing your thought process, I found it interesting. I get the sense that there’s a gem in your scripting, and one of those might become useful and need more work, and then you’d have a reason to scale it. There’s [a recent interview with PG](https://www.startupschool.org/videos/36 https://www.startupschool.org/videos/36) where he talks about the joys of hacking, you might find it interesting.
  - joshstrange 8y ago
    Thank you! I'll check that out
- meko 8y ago
  This thread gives me major anxiety because that's basically how it goes for me too much of the time. Things have got a bit better but I still spend sometimes months reading docs before starting a project (I use tons of diff types of sw though so that extends it a bit)

akuji1993 8y ago

The programming subreddits and also HN LOVE to make PHP and Javascript look like garbage. In reality, you can still make damn good software with it.

joshstrange 8y ago

No there isn't, I get into a head space that goes a little something like this: * I think I'll create a little website for XYZ * Better setup a GitHub repo for this * Hmm, I really like using Angular/Typescript since I use that so I'll use that * Better make sure Webpack is all setup and working * Should I do my development in Docker since that's how I'll deploy it? * Maybe I'll try this new NodeJS backend framework that looks interesting * I need to make sure all my config lives outside of my app so that I don't hardcode values * Oh crap, I want to share code between server and client but they both have their own Webpack configs and merging the two without screwing something up doesn't sound fun * What, was was I going to create a website for again? My most enjoyable non-work programming over the last year or so has been in my ~/git/temp-scripts folder where I can just create a new folder for something, run npm init, and be coding in less than a minute. This is mainly used for, as the name suggests, temporarily scripts or better yet, scripts that I'm not sure if they will have legs or if I'll just use it once. It's pretty much my little playground where I don't have to worry about scaling, reusability, etc.

lifekaizen 8y ago
Thanks for sharing your thought process, I found it interesting. I get the sense that there’s a gem in your scripting, and one of those might become useful and need more work, and then you’d have a reason to scale it. There’s [a recent interview with PG](https://www.startupschool.org/videos/36 https://www.startupschool.org/videos/36) where he talks about the joys of hacking, you might find it interesting.
- joshstrange 8y ago
  Thank you! I'll check that out
meko 8y ago
This thread gives me major anxiety because that's basically how it goes for me too much of the time. Things have got a bit better but I still spend sometimes months reading docs before starting a project (I use tons of diff types of sw though so that extends it a bit)