I could not disagree with this more. This attitude is actively harmful imo
"Don't implement your own GUI library, even as a hobby project. It's extremely hard to get right…"
"Don't implement your own GUI library, even as a hobby project. It's extremely hard to get right…"
Remember folks, you don't have to justify your side projects to anyone! twitter.com/dubroy/status/…
Patrick Dubroy
@dubroy
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May 3
One of the best decisions I've made in the past few years is to stop treating side projects like work projects.
E.g.
- "doesn't something like that already exist?"
- "you shouldn't implement that yourself"
Both make sense at work, but wrong attitude for side projects imo.
E.g.
- "doesn't something like that already exist?"
- "you shouldn't implement that yourself"
Both make sense at work, but wrong attitude for side projects imo.
The full post is actually a joy though.
Someone asks, "What are the performance implications of using an immediate-mode GUI?"
doesn't get a good answer
…and then 2yrs later replies: "I ended up implementing an immediate-mode GUI as my master’s thesis, and have some numbers…"
Someone asks, "What are the performance implications of using an immediate-mode GUI?"
doesn't get a good answer
…and then 2yrs later replies: "I ended up implementing an immediate-mode GUI as my master’s thesis, and have some numbers…"
https://twitter.com/dubroy/status/1841538649399169151 ∙ Archived on 2025-03-28.