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Posted by bundie 6/24/2025

Writing toy software is a joy(blog.jsbarretto.com)
820 points | 313 commentspage 6
admiralrohan 6/25/2025|
Good list of projects. I have to disagree on the point on usage of LLMs.

These projects are going to be sideprojects and with busy schedule it might get tough to find motivation. Using LLMs for some of the parts can give the momentum required to continue.

We can also learn from studying the output generated by LLMs.

nesarkvechnep 6/25/2025||
Everything is “a joy” these days, much less “could you elaborate”.
dvektor 6/25/2025||
Absolutely love this article, couldn't agree with this more.
nektro 6/24/2025||
love the spirit of the article, the time frames listed are quite unrealistic however
glouwbug 6/24/2025|
I’d triple the estimates, really. For example a game boy emulator is not trivial; there are far too many edge cases with a zilog. Chip8 would better fit for that time frame.
scarface_74 6/25/2025||
It seems to be an unpopular opinion here. But the last thing I want to do when I get off of work is touch a computer. I haven’t desired to be a hobbyist developer nor have I written a single line of code that I haven’t gotten paid for since the day I walked across the stage with my CS degree in 1996. I was hobbyist for 10 years before then.

Life is too short to spend in front of computer.

Writing software funds my joy.

bowsamic 6/24/2025||
If you're allowed! Apple says no
sahil_sharma0 6/25/2025||
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b0a04gl 6/24/2025||
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xixixao 6/24/2025||
Overengineering is a joy. Using LLMs is a joy. Building something novel, bespoke, something you wouldn’t do when ruthlessly prioritizing for profit.
coolThingsFirst 6/24/2025|
Waste of time, you wont impress anyone because there are no more software jobs left.

Go to gym.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF 6/24/2025|
Who am I impressing at the gym? The weights have already been lifted
coolThingsFirst 6/24/2025|||
So you don't look like sh* that's more impressive than cranking out code that absolutely no one cares about. Especially things that have been done 100s of times.
z0r 6/24/2025||
Please work out. But also please write software if you want to improve your skills.
coolThingsFirst 6/24/2025|||
udk what you're missing out if you aren't in the gym twice a week.