Everyone needs to have made a web framework. Everyone needs to have made a programming language. Everyone needs to have made a supervisor. Everyone has to have made a container manager. Everyone needs to have made a text editor.

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binaryturtle 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Absolutely. I recently wrote my first compiler to get it off the bucket list… brainf*ck compiler/interpreter #100010134 or such? :-) Well… it was a fun half hour.

	▲	wakawaka28 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Half an hour? Slacker!

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killerstorm 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's the value of making a supervisor? It seems to be mostly about gluing together some system APIs.

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trklausss 5 hours ago | parent [-]

In some industries it’s critical. Think about aerospace where code is almost always homegrown or done by specialized company, and are specific implementations for specific needs. You don’t have that many COTS due to the criticality etc.

	▲	wakawaka28 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The thing about specific needs is that they are usually narrow. You could throw darts at the dartboard of problems, working on very narrow problems for years and never get a job solving any of them. If a problem calls out to you and you won't stop until you get a job with it, then the effort could be worth it. But sometimes, even if you get THE job, you'll have a slight twist in constraints that makes most of your prep go by the wayside.

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wakawaka28 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I disagree with all of this. If you have time and interest, or a real need, then go ahead. I've never met a programmer who's made all of these things in my 20 years of programming, and that includes PhDs, professors, and old graybeards about to retire.

	▲	kalterdev an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I think that at least one thing from the least is feasible.

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