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Sometime in order to build the "real projects", you have to learn by building toys.
by _zzaw 4y ago
Sometime in order to build the "real projects", you have to learn by building toys.
- junon 4y agoYes, that's obvious. But to construct a real OS intended for adoption and production use is a huge undertaking.
- _zzaw 4y agoIt certainly is. I think what's bothering LastTrain, though—and is definitely bothering me—is the kneejerk dismissal of personal projects because they're not sufficiently innovative/useful/etc. As far as I can tell, it wasn't even the VanadiumOS author who shared it here in the first place. I've noticed, and I'm not the only one, that HN has developed a particular reputation in the tech community. A number of people I know don't actually like having their work show up on "the orange site" because of that Comic-Book-Guy culture. Just seems counter to the spirit of hacking to judge somebody's experiments through the lens of a VC pitch.
- junon 4y agoI'm not sure what you're on about but I've not dismissed the original work at all, in any of my comments....
- spankalee 4y agoTo csilverman in the sibling reply: it's strange that you're reading the original comment as a criticism at all. I don't see anything negative towards the posted work, just a tangential thought spurred by it.
- _zzaw 4y agoYou didn't. But the root comment here was kind of dismissive. And it's a reaction I've seen on here before, so I guess I'm a little sensitive to it, maybe because my personal projects are the kind that would attract similar criticism if they ever showed up here.
- LastTrain 4y agoConstructive criticism is good but the gist of the comment I was replying to was basically “this is a stupid waste of time”. I’d like to see less of that it just stifles good conversation.