That's how I am with my programming projects. I always see all these new technologies come about (React/Vue/etc.), and yet... I can get so much done with just PHP/jQuery/CSS and a standard DB like MySQL or Mongo.
Re:Minimalism and the Art of Photography
by dan_quixote on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @08:39PM
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It applies well to engineering in general. If I have no constraints, I'm as good as useless most of the time. Give me a few constraints and I'll revel at what I can achieve with limited resources.
Re:Minimalism and the Art of Photography
by psychomugs on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @10:08PM
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"The absence of limitations is the enemy of art."
Constraints are powerful and have a way of getting the human mind to focus on what really matters. I think this applies just as much to programming. A small well chosen set of languages, libraries, and tools allows you to focus on building things instead of toying around and gluing shiny new frameworks together.