Writing Toy Software Is a Joy
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Writing Toy Software Is a Joy
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#2I agree 100%.
Here’s why I prefer making “useless” stuff: https://austinhenley.com/blog/makinguselessstuff.html
And my list of similar projects: https://austinhenley.com/blog/challengingprojects.html
I want to do a database and then something involving genetic algorithms next. If I have infinite time, another video game emulator too.
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#3Like most estimates, these seem off by about 3x. At least if you're writing it for the first time.
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#4Like most estimates, these seem off by about 3x. At least if you're writing it for the first time.
Or more. Actually some of them seem inverted. Simple compiler takes 3 months but a GameBoy emulator takes 2 weeks? That’s not my experience at all.
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#5Like most estimates, these seem off by about 3x. At least if you're writing it for the first time.
What I like about these projects is that you can make them as simple or as complicated as you want.
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#6This list reminded me of Build-Your-Own-X
(https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x)
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#7Hell yeah! Ive been off and on working on a version of a 2D physics engine in the form of a zero-player game, been a great joy to hack away at over 2 years.
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#8These are all great projects! When I find myself getting burnt out in my job I find that writing a little toy project usually helps be get back some spark. Some projects that weren't listed that I've enjoyed:
- GUI based bot for a small video game
- raft consensus algorithm
- ray casting
- simple b-tree or lsmtree storage engine
I'll also second chip8 emulator as being a good quick fun one! It helps there are ROMs that help quickly validate your implementation also (https://github.com/Timendus/chip8-test-suite)
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#9This list reminded me of Build-Your-Own-X ( https://github.com/codecrafters-io/build-your-own-x )
That's a great list!
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#10Like most estimates, these seem off by about 3x. At least if you're writing it for the first time.
IMO the difficulties are a bit off, if a 2D physics engine is 5/10, then orbital simulation cannot be 10/10 (even with the difficult stuff like J2 perturbation) ;)