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Re:Write More "Useless" Software by diimdeep on Thursday October 19, 2023 @01:41AM (#37938923)
For individual play, exploration, and edification certainly do it, but sharing such software is careless. Consider keeping it to yourself, otherwise label it clearly for what it is: an experiment, a joke, or a personal challenge. Otherwise it clutter the ecosystem, divert newcomers from battle tested tools, poses security threats, deludes perception of quality by sending message that thoroughness and quality control aren't essential, diverts community to spent time on "useless" projects instead of addressing real-world challenges.
Re:Write More "Useless" Software by lasagna_coder on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:06AM (#37939905)
> clutter the ecosystem what ecosystem? > diverts community to spent time on "useless" projects what community? > addressing real-world challenges. what challenges?

i'm curious to know what the criteria or thresholds are for releasing vs not releasing.

Re:Write More "Useless" Software by diimdeep on Thursday October 19, 2023 @07:56AM (#37941643)
ecosystem of packages, libraries, gems, crates or what the fuck people calling this things these days.

community of programmers within different technology stacks.

challenges to make software simpler, smaller and faster, to maintain software and prevent modern bloat from eating up gigahz of cycles on many cores.

Re:Write More "Useless" Software by NoGravitas on Thursday October 19, 2023 @11:56AM (#37944623)
Honestly, all those things sound cool and good. Anything that reduces the value of software to capital is great in my book.
Re:Write More "Useless" Software by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:11PM (#37948067)
Or there's my take: release early, release often, release everything.