Re:It's still OK to enjoy programming
by babagan0ush on Tuesday October 20, 2026 @08:36AM
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> baking something and sharing it with others brings people together, there's smalltalk
I think this is a really good point that is or was also correct for programming.
Yes, maybe no-one was ever going to use my python-clone of grep. But the experiences I made along the way were something I liked to share and when I went online I could see other people making similar experiences and we'd laugh about the silly errors we made and the absurd abstractions we build and whatever else.
I think this is a really good point that is or was also correct for programming.
Yes, maybe no-one was ever going to use my python-clone of grep. But the experiences I made along the way were something I liked to share and when I went online I could see other people making similar experiences and we'd laugh about the silly errors we made and the absurd abstractions we build and whatever else.
I think this experience is under threat.