Because I genuinely don’t know, what do you mean when you say it’s 20 years behind other languages? Or rather, what features is it lacking that would make it up-to-date? And what languages are 20 years ahead of it?
It's only the start and very little (like 200 lines) but it's enough to put together some fun/useful interactions. Hoping to get some additional feedback/ideas/contributions if anyone's interested.
Bare bones and just getting started, but I’ll hopefully be writing more about the Go projects I’ve been getting into on the side. Everything around the theme of plain technology, simple as can be.
Whenever asked what period I (a proverbial young person, SWE) would go back to if I had a time machine, I always answer with roughly this period. To be alive during those days to see the development of the shoulders I now stand on would be such a treat, as I’m sure anecdotes like these only scratch the surface of all the stories to be told.
That said, if any of you oldheads have links to such things, do share - always curious to learn more about the beige age. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug and I’m here for that secondhand.
Vim didn’t click for the longest time until I deleted VSCode and used it for everything. Much like with many other concepts/skills, throwing myself in the deep end worked best.
Yeah I’ve certainly heard that doing something small can help get the engine going, but anecdotally, it totally goes both ways. I’ve had afternoons where I clean something or what have you and get right back to it and others where I clean something and end up changing the capitalization of symbols for no reason.
Something like this might actually be useful for the all-too-common productive procrastination breaks. Stuck on a hard problem? Better clean my desk. Waiting for a build? Better clean my files. Lacking momentum? Better check LinkedIn (it’s professional so it’s okay). I wonder which type of “break” kills more productivity, “fun” distraction or “productive” distraction. Anyone else?
Can’t those artifacts be beautiful in and of themselves? Whether or not this represents some deep reality about dimensions, it’s cool to see something like this emerge from a program when working with a bunch of numbers.
I moved out this year after finishing uni and for the first time ever I’m not completely dreading winter, and this comment contributes. I live in the Pacific Northwest and the worst part of every day of winter was scraping ice and snow off my crappy old minivan that sat outside over night and had barely-functioning heating that didn’t kick on until I’d made it to school.
In retrospect, I’m amazed I made it through high school without snapping, what with such mornings and going home when it was already completely dark out. Teenagers are a different breed.
I’m fairly fresh in the industry though I’ve been programming for 8-ish years or so (finished uni and got my first “real” software engineering job earlier this year) and for most of that time, I never went on HN and was somewhat isolated from the broader world of tech and such until more recently.
Since then, I’ve been getting so excited about people just writing their own solutions for things that might already be doable on existing platforms. Like there are plenty of sophisticated, full-featured blog platforms out there, but I love seeing somebody write and host their own because they can and want to.
I’m excited by people writing their own stuff, and the possibility to do so myself as well. Reinventing the wheel can probably go too far in a professional context, but if it’s your free time and something you want to make and learn about and curate to your own specifications and the simplicity of your individual situation, that’s awesome.
I’m so with you on this. I’ve always loved naming projects and the puzzle of naming variables in increasingly complex systems. Sometimes, if I’m at a loss of a clever one, I use derivations of Greek words for relevant words, and those tend to turn out nicely.
I’m sorry to hear you’re struggling through that. Hold onto the magic; I don’t think it’ll ever go away. I hope you’re able to find some respite and recovery! Be well.