> If you can't find a mentor, try creating an app with a lot of constraints: don't change state, make most functions referentially transparent, etc. Damn, this

> If you can't find a mentor, try creating an app with a lot of constraints: don't change state, make most functions referentially transparent, etc. Damn, this is a great idea. Reminds of the Stravinsky quote: 'The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.'