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I love working alone. You get to fully express yourself, and to work on what feels right, even if it's not the top priority right now. If it's a side project,

by nicbou 4y ago

I love working alone. You get to fully express yourself, and to work on what feels right, even if it's not the top priority right now. If it's a side project, working alone is a great escape from design by committee, sprints and other pressures. I'd add to this that you can also build something wonderful for you alone. No need to please others, no need to scale. Just build it for you. This article was almost revelatory to me: https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/ https://www.robinsloan.com/notes/home-cooked-app/

shubhxms 4y ago
beautiful article. Our actual world isn’t totally broken. I do not take for granted, not for one millisecond, the open source components and sample code that made this project possible. In the 21st century, as long as you’re operating within the bounds of the state of the art, programming can feel delightfully Lego-like. All you have to do is rake your fingers through the bin.
8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago
good article. nice read
capableweb 4y ago
> I love working alone. You get to fully express yourself, and to work on what feels right, even if it's not the top priority right now. I just started literally this and it is so liberating. I got so amazed by the whole Stable Diffusion movement that I started building a UI for making a more efficient workflow when it comes to image synthesis for myself. I'm building it 100% for myself, but I also sell the UI on Patreon for others to grab if they want it, and surprisingly, others like it too, even if I'm mainly building it for myself! But the change of pace from "We need this ASAP, drop everything else" to "Hm, this feature sounds risky but fun to implement, lets give it a try" is so nice that I'm basically getting a high from working on the project.
danielvaughn 4y ago
For years I've been working on a programming language for UI designers, and aside from a designer friend who sometimes weighs in, I do everything on my own. Decisions that might have taken weeks or months can take me less than a minute. It's incredible. And I take as much time as I need to delve deeply into researching before I move forward. For me it's not about getting done fast, it's just about doing it correctly. I love it.

by nicbou 4y ago

shubhxms 4y ago

beautiful article. Our actual world isn’t totally broken. I do not take for granted, not for one millisecond, the open source components and sample code that made this project possible. In the 21st century, as long as you’re operating within the bounds of the state of the art, programming can feel delightfully Lego-like. All you have to do is rake your fingers through the bin.

8n4vidtmkvmk 4y ago

good article. nice read

capableweb 4y ago

> I love working alone. You get to fully express yourself, and to work on what feels right, even if it's not the top priority right now. I just started literally this and it is so liberating. I got so amazed by the whole Stable Diffusion movement that I started building a UI for making a more efficient workflow when it comes to image synthesis for myself. I'm building it 100% for myself, but I also sell the UI on Patreon for others to grab if they want it, and surprisingly, others like it too, even if I'm mainly building it for myself! But the change of pace from "We need this ASAP, drop everything else" to "Hm, this feature sounds risky but fun to implement, lets give it a try" is so nice that I'm basically getting a high from working on the project.

danielvaughn 4y ago

For years I've been working on a programming language for UI designers, and aside from a designer friend who sometimes weighs in, I do everything on my own. Decisions that might have taken weeks or months can take me less than a minute. It's incredible. And I take as much time as I need to delve deeply into researching before I move forward. For me it's not about getting done fast, it's just about doing it correctly. I love it.