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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017? by gravypod on Sunday December 25, 2016 @08:26PM (#13256394)
Do you want to know the secret to starting projects for yourself? Don't buy or download any software just write it yourself.

I've got a huge movie collection on DVD. Rather then use Plex I made my own website to do the same thing. I have a lot of PDFs of books I want to read, made similar software to allow me to keep my position in my browser

I wanted to study for a HAM license general exam do I made this: http://ham.joshuakatz.me/exam

I've been looking for a thinkpad x220t so I made this go scrape cregslist for me: https://github.com/gravypod/BargeIn

(I live in N. NJ if anyone has one laying around)

There are thousands of examples where I've done this and it's very fun. It improves your abilities and toolings and in general makes your life on the computer much easier.

You don't have to be trendy just be useful to yourself and people will like it.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017? by shrikrishna on Sunday December 25, 2016 @09:46PM (#13256649)
I can't overstate what a good advice this is. It's counterintuitive, but if you are just starting out, reinventing the wheel is the best practice you can get!
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017? by joe563323 on Monday December 26, 2016 @04:33PM (#13259876)
I too think the same seriously. This is not sarcasm right ?
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017? by shrikrishna on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @08:51AM (#13263098)
No it isn't. I did the same when I was starting out. Rather, we all do, when we are starting to learn anything new, by following tutorials, where you basically reimplement what the author of the tutorial has.
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Re:Ask HN: What do you want to learn in 2017? by giancarlostoro on Monday December 26, 2016 @01:40AM (#13257263)
This is one reason I installed ReactOS. They make their own framework for the OS, and they haven't made too many apps, so my idea is to add in the things I need for myself.
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