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I haven't really coded for love, but (partly) by love. At different points in time: - I have developed things that I imagined them using - I have developed t
by jraph 6y ago
I haven't really coded for love, but (partly) by love.
At different points in time:
- I have developed things that I imagined them using
- I have developed things they would see (but were not the only target. e.g. a website, or a tool that would be used by the team we were both part of)
- I have developed things as part of an activity they were also part of (e.g. a tool used in the same association)
Each time, it provides very powerful motivation to make things right, easy to use, beautiful, or straight up keep on working on things.
In any case, the code was not specifically targeted for these people.
This also can works for friends, family and other people you love, even if it's not Love. For instance, my last project was meant to watch series with my sister while we were at a different location [1]. I don't recommend using it though, I've since discovered [2], which probably does a better job for this and works in the same way.
Try to imagine people you love using your stuff while you are building them. It helps motivate getting things right and to keep going, at least for me. But it worked and allowed us to have good laughs.
- [1] https://framagit.org/raphj/mpris-sync https://framagit.org/raphj/mpris-sync
- [2] https://syncplay.pl/ https://syncplay.pl/