@swashberry@social.linux.pizza
The moment someone explained to me the importance of linked list was the moment I lost all of my passion for programming.
Not because it was complicated, but because it had completely reframed the way I had to think about programming. It was no longer: just describe the result, but now it was: there is a machine below your code, that has limits and requires special considerations.
@LukeAlmighty @swashberry@social.linux.pizza That's why it's fun though
You have a set environment with set limitations and tools and are then free to solve problems in that state
The alternative is being a consumer of code. The environment and tools is infinite and problem solving changes to learning APIs and making small bits of code to glue them together
@applejack @swashberry@social.linux.pizza
BTW, I did get the same advice from my boss :D
@LukeAlmighty @swashberry@social.linux.pizza Then again, I kinda enjoy writing glue code too, wrapping C libs for Lua
Maybe programming is just fun. I wouldn't wanna do just glue code tho