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I get that at some point you have to put food on the table, but why conflate the enterprisey, economical, object-oriented mess of things with your hobby? You c

by _xiaz 2y ago

I get that at some point you have to put food on the table, but why conflate the enterprisey, economical, object-oriented mess of things with your hobby? You can, in theory, still program elegant little side projects with no pretense of business value or any customer besides, maybe, yourself. I find that my work-coding and hobby-coding are different enough that they don't even feel like the same activity

kraftman 2y ago
When I write a side project I'm not doing it because I enjoy coding, I'm doing it because I enjoy problem solving, and I've thought of a potential problem that I could solve with code, and I want to prototype that idea. I'm not that fussed about elegance; ideally, I want to prototype that idea as quickly as possibly so I can see if its valid or not, so I'd much rather use any tool I can to get me there as quickly as possible.