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Re:My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build... by dec0dedab0de on Thursday October 01, 2020 @09:29AM (#24650570)
If I could give up IT and do woodworking everyday, I would.

I feel like this every time I do some project around the house. After replacing my toilet a few years ago I realized that manual labor is bad for the knees but good for the soul. But knowing me I would probably end up writing a script to help whatever job I was doing, and then end up making that my focus.

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Re:My wife recently passed away. I used my time off to build... by vorpalhex on Thursday October 01, 2020 @10:58AM (#24651588)
"Why are we tracking parts using a pen and paper? There's a much better way to be doing this..."

Cut to five years later when your former-plumbing shop is now selling an inventory control PAAS to other plumbers and you're now trying to learn swift so you can port to the latest ipads.

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