[HN Gopher] I'm Just Having Fun
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       I'm Just Having Fun
        
       Author : lemper
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2025-12-16 11:19 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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       | matt_daemon wrote:
       | Finally some practical daily affirmations for computer
        
       | com2kid wrote:
       | I joined a compiler team out of college because it seemed like
       | fun and I'd never worked on compilers before.
       | 
       | I went from C# to embedded engineering and reading clock and
       | wiring diagrams because there was a job that needed doing and I
       | was the one there at the time.
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       | I went from embedded programming to running my own startup based
       | on Javascript and React (technologies I'd never used) because I
       | had an idea I wanted to share with the world.
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       | Just go out and try to do things, you may be surprised with what
       | you are capable of!
        
       | hyperhello wrote:
       | I see these blogs sometimes and they smell like Adderal. Have you
       | considered that the thing you're endlessly tinkering with may not
       | be the thing actually providing the enjoyment you feel?
        
         | all2 wrote:
         | Yes? No? Curiosity drives some to do unexplainable things.
        
         | rtewrtjkewrkj wrote:
         | Are you saying everyone who programs is on adderal? I don't
         | understand.
        
         | tikhonj wrote:
         | It's amazing how such a short comment manages to betray a
         | fundamental misunderstanding of stimulants, tinkering, human
         | nature and, implicitly, neurodivergence.
        
         | 000ooo000 wrote:
         | Any merit in your comment was eroded by the unnecessary snark
        
       | DoctorOW wrote:
       | I don't work in programming, but "you can do hard things" applies
       | to my work as well. It drives me nuts when coworkers refer to me
       | as really smart when in fact I'm merely curious. "I have no idea
       | how you did that!" You should ask. That's how I learned it.
        
       | all2 wrote:
       | I like doing goofy things with code. I wrote an s-expression
       | parser using TeraTerm (BASIC-like language). I came up with this
       | generator only recursive descent thing in python. I never did
       | anything with these except to fiddle around and see what was
       | possible. Goofy stuff in code makes me happy.
        
       | tolerance wrote:
       | Dear Mitchell Hashicorp,
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       | I'm sorry for not taking your terminal emulator serious.
       | 
       | Your comment on the red site resonated.
       | 
       | > _I have a perpetual chip on my shoulder because I 'm also in
       | the camp of doing things primarily motivated by having fun, but
       | people in and out of my life repeatedly not taking it seriously.
       | You can have fun and also consider your work serious (or, have it
       | actually be serious by various metrics)._
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       | https://lobste.rs/s/wilmno/i_m_just_having_fun#c_ziuqlv
        
       | rtewrtjkewrkj wrote:
       | I feel like I can't have fun anymore because the AI can just do
       | the thing instantly and you've got people on this website
       | advocating to let the AI do everything while you merely read the
       | code.
        
         | mecsred wrote:
         | why do you have to do what people on this website tell you?
         | Write the fun thing.
        
           | rtewrtjkewrkj wrote:
           | I worry about the meta too much.
        
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