Re:Is Programming That Easy?
by ghassenfaidi on Saturday November 07, 2026 @07:33AM
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I can picture in my mind the image of a mechanic that likes and enjoys fixing things. But I do wonder how much of it is real joy. At the end of the day what drives most people is that they want to satisfytheir human needs. bring food to the table. That's life for most people on Earth, then can find meaning elsewhere. And even those who are "passionate", as I said, I do wonder how much of it is pure fun. I asked doctors and engineers about this before, many of them don't feel the constant passion that I see in the picture I imagined. What drives most people isn't passion. It's responsiblities and satisfying human needs. And can probably become a great software engineer without falling in love with programming.
I'm probably over-analysing what you said though, I do get what you say.
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Life is an ouroboros friend. Or a perpetual wheel if you prefer.
There is no constants but that everything comes to an end and everything else moves on.
I still doodle in design and code. Even when there’s no further point!
I have an unfinished JavaScript version of Kriegspiel I’ve been working on for twenty years. Maybe some day I’ll finish it!