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Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by codeTired on Monday December 25, 2023 @10:51PM (#38768768)
I wish every dev would try projects and things completely unrelated to computers.

I enjoy being outside.

These headlines “projects every dev should try” really annoy me. I try to put in enough effort at work, and that’s tough. But I have been messing with computers for over 20 years now.

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by photonbeam on Monday December 25, 2023 @11:12PM (#38768849)
I think it’s important that those who want a 9-5-only are able to get it, and those who want to make it their calling in life are also able to have that
Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by oakejp12 on Monday December 25, 2023 @10:56PM (#38768790)
I just do both.
Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by abhinavstarts on Monday December 25, 2023 @11:12PM (#38768851)
Can you please elaborate what do you mean by " completely unrelated to computers" ?
Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by soniczentropy on Monday December 25, 2023 @11:18PM (#38768882)
Woodworking, blacksmithing, gardening, etc

Things that don't take computers to create

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by brcmthrowaway on Monday December 25, 2023 @11:26PM (#38768917)
*makig music
Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by brcmthrowaway on Monday December 25, 2023 @11:25PM (#38768914)
Agreed. This site selects for people who have made computers their entire life. Consider this an unsolicited reminder to touch grass.
Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by johnnyanmac on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @01:33AM (#38769380)
>This site selects for people who have made computers their entire life

isn't it the other way around? The site allows anyone to post on nearly any topic, but the longest standing audience veers tech. there still is quite a few topics on medicine, transportation, economics, and politics as well.

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by wiseowise on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @06:01AM (#38770698)
> Consider this an unsolicited reminder to touch grass.

Do you find yourself personally attacked by someone doing something that you don’t enjoy? Or is the notion of them having fun AND improving their direct skill?

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by csdvrx on Monday December 25, 2023 @10:54PM (#38768782)
> I enjoy being outside.

I don't. It's cold outside!

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by codeTired on Monday December 25, 2023 @10:56PM (#38768792)
Caribbean is nice this time of year.
Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by johnnyanmac on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @01:30AM (#38769369)
We're on Hacker News. Do you go to a fitness community and say "I wish every gym bro would put down a dumbell and pick up a book?"

But if you're curious, I hike, am learning Japanese, and want to eventually clean up and pick back up my saxophone once I can get the money to get it fixed. Tech is a big but not the only part of my life.

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by ohdannyboy on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @01:34AM (#38769387)
A strange sentiment for someone who's wasting time heckling articles on HN.

Of course nobody said don't go outside or pursue non tech interests.

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by Underphil on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @02:23AM (#38769569)
I don't really understand how this comment relates to anyone but you.

Nerding on a computer and doing outdoor things are not mutually exclusive. They may be for you, but that's... well... you.

Re:Challenging projects every programmer should try by exe34 on Tuesday December 26, 2023 @02:37AM (#38769642)