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Re:It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty (... by jonfw on Sunday May 17, 2020 @05:52PM (#23215840)
It's absolutely harmful to your creative and professional career, which are shallow metrics by which to gauge your success in life.
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Re:It’s OK for your open source library to be a bit shitty (... by ulisesrmzroche on Monday May 18, 2020 @10:00PM (#23230587)
Maybe to someone who isn’t ambitious or intelligent but personally, I’d rather write a great book or make great software. I believe, like Proust, that art is how you reach immortality.

What’s dumb is to tell people you’re better than Proust because you popped out some brats.

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