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coolThingsFirst on June 24, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Writing toy software is a joy

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 on June 24, 2025 [–]

Please work out. But also please write software if you want to improve your skills.

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