I feel like I am crazy for just enjoying coding. I don’t troubleshoot, I think about the ways the code works. The problem itself can be confusing, but alas, I don’t speak in a professional capacity.

@pingveno@lemmy.ml
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I used to code on the side for fun more. Now the side project is less alluring. Most of that is that I more or less enjoy my on-the-job software development, so I would rather spend my free time doing something else. Before was either college or a job that sucked the joy out of coding. Both left me with a hankering for exploration.

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Read Charles Stross’ The Laundry Files.

@bill_1992@lemmy.world
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Not understanding the true power you wield or the consequences of your actions

Sibling, I make CRUD apps with React and Python. I don’t think it’s that dramatic lmao

Do you understand the functioning of both interpreters, down to the CPU instructions? How the database you’re using performs those updates, or quickly finds your items? The precise function of the virtual DOM? TLS handshake protocol? If so, good on you, but you don’t need to know more than the surface level of any of these for a CRUD app. But these and other systems you use hold the raw power, and wielding them poorly could lead to bugs, or security or performance issues.

On the other side, whatever you do may seem mundane to you, but lighting a fire would seem mundane to a sorcerer the umpteenth time they’ve done so. A simple CRUD app could seem dramatic if you have no idea where you’d even start building one, which is the state the majority of people are in.

one time I was writing some absolute banger code and wanted some pleasing smells. So I lit and candle and POOF fucking Belphegor suddenly appeared before me.

lol while scrolling I sometimes forget to upvote so I upvoted and commenting

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