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https://handmade.network/manifesto https://handmade.network/manifesto

• gilgoomesh 9mo ago
  I read that but it doesn't define handmade. It gripes about large frameworks and rewriting in different languages but doesn't say what handmade is or how it addresses anything.
  • moogly 9mo ago
    I agree it's vague.
• verdverm 9mo ago
  That page seems like it's trying to define what Handmade is through a bunch of complaints and what it is not Still no idea what they actually do, other than maybe this is just some random site about building a community to "make better software". Software isn't bad because engineers don't care. It's bad because eventually people need to eat food, so they need to get paid, which means you have to build something people will pay for, this involves tradeoffs and deadlines, so we take shortcuts and software is imperfect.
  • elktown 9mo ago
    > Software isn't bad because engineers don't care. Caring is certainly a wide spectrum. I see the Handmade stuff being proudly on far end of it.
    • verdverm 9mo ago
      I don't disagree, the field has become lucrative enough it has attracted people who are interested in the money and not the craft I'd use unrealistic to describe Handmade, proud is also accurate and works too
      • elktown 9mo ago
        > the field has become lucrative enough it has attracted people who are interested in the money and not the craft Yup, exactly. > I'd use unrealistic to describe Handmade, proud is also accurate and works too In certain settings definitely. But even in those corporate settings where it's unrealistic I'd rather work with one than not. If not applied dogmatically, that corner of the corp has a good chance of being an oasis. But a fleeting one perhaps.