This thread is an early lesson in how age often makes people focus too much on little things and miss what's important.
Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
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Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#32"Wizardry is a task-based library for GraphicsMagick / ImageMagick that focuses on simplicity and getting one thing done right: processing images." Why I like these words: It's not enough to be able to write code, or even to package up a module for a framework. Knowing that you can't do everything, and that you should not try to do everything, with a single module, is a promising sign in and of itself. Having a clear…
Thank you! This is something my bosses really helped me out with. I've been pretty lucky to have them mentor me. :)
That's great. Surround yourself with as many good mentors as you can and take full advantage of their experience. I've probably learned more over the years from great bosses than I did in school.
Congrats on publishing the module. :)
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#33Why this instead of gm? https://github.com/aheckmann/gm
I used this one few times and though it's good it doesn't offer the full API to the underlying libraries.
So, I appreciate any new NPM and if it's just for the sake of competition pushing the boundaries of the entire Node ecosystem.
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#34Here we go with another one of these "I'm (under 18) and I did x" posts and an equal amount of people complaining why that isn't relevant. But yeah, this is a really cool little module, congrats.
You see the same thing everywhere in regards to tech. I am X years old, please show me validation that I am doing good.
Seeking validation isn't a bad thing, and it's not unique to young people. Older people are more subtle about it.
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#35Here we go with another one of these "I'm (under 18) and I did x" posts and an equal amount of people complaining why that isn't relevant. But yeah, this is a really cool little module, congrats.
And an equal amount of people who are outraged that anyone is discussing that it's relevant.
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#36Already at 15 you've done more than (I would wager) most of the people on this site -- you've shipped open source.
Congratulations, and ignore the haters. Remember that it doesn't matter what you think or say, it matters what you do. Creating software is more important than talking about it.
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#37Why this instead of gm? https://github.com/aheckmann/gm
As tferris said, gm is a bit restrictive. I wanted something a lot more open and extensible.
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#38On behalf of all the idiots that decided to rain on your parade, I would like to apologize. All of you should be ashamed. How dare you insult this young person whose only wish is to share his work with us? In terms of the module, can't really comment much on your code. It looks clean and well written. I'll try and run it during my free time to get a good feel for it. Well done. Now go back and build something bigger.…
Here, here. Courage can be shared without making the giver poorer. It can also be stripped away but that won't make the pillager any richer. Why discourage without gain when you can encourage without loss?
Well done, @remixz!
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#39On behalf of all the idiots that decided to rain on your parade, I would like to apologize. All of you should be ashamed. How dare you insult this young person whose only wish is to share his work with us? In terms of the module, can't really comment much on your code. It looks clean and well written. I'll try and run it during my free time to get a good feel for it. Well done. Now go back and build something bigger.…
Who is insulting him? People are just saying that his age is not relavent to what he did, and I agree. His post should describe the project. It should be about how awesome his project is, not about how awesome he is.
Re: Show HN: I'm 15 years old, and I released my first NPM module: Wizardry
#40Sorry, I don't see that your age is relevant.
His age is totally relevant. I wish that at 15 I could have known just to code, he actually published code! It's great that we see youth influenced and impacted by HN.
> It's great that we see youth influenced and impacted by HN.
So this is the HN version of "We did it, reddit!".