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My day-to-day job is web dev. But yesterday, I dug up references I haven't read in years and wrote a bootloader. Why? Because it turns out that for some thin
by regularfry 14y ago
My day-to-day job is web dev. But yesterday, I dug up references I haven't read in years and wrote a bootloader. Why? Because it turns out that for some things, speed and simplicity really matter.
Also, I haven't had this much fun doing development in ages.
- Lerc 14y agoSo here's the tricky question... Why was it fun?
- regularfry 14y agoGood question. I think it's something to do with the impression that if something doesn't work, I can have absolute confidence that it's something that I've done wrong. There's no question of "bugs in the framework"[0]. There's also the matter that this is one area where code golf is actually practical, and can make the difference between being able to do something and simply not. [0] Yes, I know there are hardware bugs. In the sort of thing I'm doing? Not hugely relevant.