Comment by caipira
2 years ago
> Have you written more about your personal project anywhere?
No, I've had plans to create a blog to write about it or make a YouTube video, but haven't come to it yet.
> One thing I only realised once I started building my own tools, is that you become - from day one - an unmatched world-class expert in using that tool
This is something that I've also realized - a lot of times when we interact with software we kinda just fly by its UI to accomplish a goal, not paying much attention to its secondary features, options, quirks, etc - But when you write your own software, you have a map of everything in your head, and you don't have to guess what exactly a button does, how it does it or where you need to go to do that.
> But when you write your own software, you have a map of everything in your head, and you don't have to guess what exactly a button does, how it does it or where you need to go to do that.
Absolutely! It's quite a unique experience. When I started out it felt like I might just be wasting time and reinventing the wheel but in retrospect it was absolutely a good time investment!
Honestly, a stream of thoughts 1.5hr video about it all would be a cool listen. Not that it has to be 1.5hr but I’m sure your unedited thoughts will have some great insights
Count me as another who would be interested in this youtube/blog post. I'm currently at the beginning of a similar project.