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I still reminisce about the first big project I ever built. As an intern I was told high level what to do and given two years alone in a room working eight hour

I still reminisce about the first big project I ever built. As an intern I was told high level what to do and given two years alone in a room working eight hours a day to figure out how to build it, zero guidance from anyone. I didn’t really have any concept of importing libraries or using open source software, so literally every part of this huge and complex application was custom-written by me. All UI elements were custom designed from shape primitives, including a full time series graphing utility and a drag-and-drop programming language with compiler. The database was built by me using a custom binary data format I had invented and lots of disk IO. It was extremely fragile, but it was also the most beautiful and functional app I have ever used to date. I wish it weren’t a Java applet so I could host it on the web again, but alas.

confidantlake 4y ago
This is awesome. I often think I would be a better developer if I had something like this when I was first starting out. Alas, 95% of my experience is gluing libraries together to check off Jira tickets.
puchatek 4y ago
What year was this?
smt88 4y ago
> it was also the most beautiful and functional app I have ever used to date I laughed at this because of course a software developer would think the best-ever UX is the one they built in complete isolation with exactly 1 user (who happpened to also be the developer and designer).
- baobabKoodaa 4y ago
  I see your point, but I would give GP the benefit of doubt. Their app might be more beautiful and more functional than you think!
bilekas 4y ago
This seems to be the extreme opposite though of other posts with badly structured responsibilities. As a senior I will always rely on having a set of eyes or other opinions and viewpoints. Its invaluable! I wonder if you went back to the source code now would you feel the same about its brilliance! :)

confidantlake 4y ago

This is awesome. I often think I would be a better developer if I had something like this when I was first starting out. Alas, 95% of my experience is gluing libraries together to check off Jira tickets.

puchatek 4y ago

What year was this?

smt88 4y ago

> it was also the most beautiful and functional app I have ever used to date I laughed at this because of course a software developer would think the best-ever UX is the one they built in complete isolation with exactly 1 user (who happpened to also be the developer and designer).

baobabKoodaa 4y ago
I see your point, but I would give GP the benefit of doubt. Their app might be more beautiful and more functional than you think!

bilekas 4y ago

This seems to be the extreme opposite though of other posts with badly structured responsibilities. As a senior I will always rely on having a set of eyes or other opinions and viewpoints. Its invaluable! I wonder if you went back to the source code now would you feel the same about its brilliance! :)