You don't get it.
Building a game engine and building games are two separate hobbies.
It would be like gardening and cooking. You may like both, or just one, or none.
Like with the gardening and cooking example above!
You might be able to build a perfectly wonderful garden, but that doesn't mean you can use the vegetables you carefully cultivated in any meaningful way in your kitchen to cook a healthy and delicious meal if you can't cook at all (but you can still share the vegetables with your neighbors who might share their cooking with you)! :)
Learned a lot that gets you a paid position at an engine company that makes a lot more than 99.99% of indie games (probably makes more than a gameplay programmer too). "When in a gold rush, sell shovels".
>Now the skillful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order.
Interesting.
My world framework tells me that I can never know in advance what I'll need to do my work. Maybe it was that judo class 7 years ago when I learned about the meaning of "Hajime". Maybe it was that video I stumbled upon which explained why Trump and J Cole became successful by "Dumbing Down". It is especially true for creative people, as inspiration can and will come from anywhere. So now I live my life like a non-stop Slumdog Millionaire story, when I never know what will be useful when. Or maybe I try to use everything I know and that shapes my life in a certain direction ?
I feel it's better to fill your brain but periodically run a sorter through it to organize the stuff. It's often hard to know what's useful and what's not at the first go.
Also, it's better to be curious and know things rather than trying to stop yourself from doing that for some theoretical advantage.
Been procrastinating starting a blog for several weeks. I know a bit of code, but I was bothered about using github or the t e r m i n a l to write silly stuff online.
Thanks to your post about bearblog, I now have a blog.
A tiny website exactly like I wanted. With really nice themes (that I can customise since I know a bit of code !) all for a fraction of Squarespace asked me. And apparently I have anlaytics also ? Can't wait to use those.
So far, this is the tits. Would be happy with more products looking like this !
You're missing out !
I started doing it when I realized that a book is nothing sacred, just thoughts the author where having. So by taking notes, it's like having a conversation with her.
It has the benefit of also teaching you to be more "skeptical" of what you are reading, always a plus.
>I started doing it when I realized that a book is nothing sacred, just thoughts the author where having.
the sacred part is often tied into the history of the book , the edition, the tradition, the binding options, in some instances the rarity of the documented text, whatever.
I have many books that are heirloom items from generations before me, I would never write in them. They are a testament to their point in history, and altering them would be akin to defacing art in my eyes, depriving future generations from the beauty that I got to behold unsullied.
If we're talking about "Do you write in the margins for "C++ for Dummies 69th Edition", sure.
On the other hand, it takes joy from potential second hand readers who may want the opportunity to draw their own conclusions without having yours "primed" by inadvertently reading your notes.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01614...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18266879/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18086216/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352773611_Health_ef...