It was a hobby project to have some tools of my own, but once I started... every day a new idea for a tool started popping up and I kept creating one after another
It's very cool, but nothing drove you aside of that? Did you think it would bring you prestige, etc.? Did something else than the joy of coding keep you going?
I really dont know how to explain this, but once I started I never thought of stopping. I felt like Tom Hanks of Forrest Gump who was just running and running..
I really enjoyed creating those tools and for surely, I will create more.
b) That page is condescending af; I am a hacker too, and even if I wasn’t, it would still be condescending af. Rather idiotic, too, as it assumes that asking about the motive for building something is a bad question, when in fact many hackers may have perfectly good reasons (learning, self-promotion, profit, etc) to build something other than just for the fun of it.
I know this feeling. I have gone down similar rabbit hole once too; and it was fun, relaxing and act as a stress buster for me. Thanks for sharing these.
Some people try and combine the utility of tools, experience and portfolio increases with the ever decreased effort and investment given by focused intent. Science of optimization (wonder where optimization experts may gather?)
