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All those people don't realise tools like curl did start with few lines back then. And after the first two minutes of testing the devs started adding additional
by alpaca128 5y ago
All those people don't realise tools like curl did start with few lines back then. And after the first two minutes of testing the devs started adding additional code to handle failures, invalid inputs, different platforms, different versions of a standard etc.
One can write a lot of things in 100 lines if it doesn't have to meet higher standards than a basic chat app tutorial in the "getting started" section of a programming language.
- craftinator 5y ago> One can write a lot of things in 100 lines if it doesn't have to meet higher standards than a basic chat app tutorial in the "getting started" section of a programming language. I'd argue that even a basic chat app is massively complex, only that all the really complex parts have already been solved. I once tried to write one on the LOWEST level I could. Realized after a month that there were not enough hours left in my life to finish it.
- baud147258 5y agoreally, we're standing on the shoulders of giants
- craftinator 5y agoOr possibly just standing on the shoulders of people standing on the shoulders of people standing on...
- Aeronwen 5y agoShoulders with legs, all the way down.