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by my2cents1351 3211 days ago
A little unsolicited advice from an old man. There will probably come a day, not too long from now, where you'd rather this were never associated with your real name. It's a fine and interesting thing to try to build it, or maybe even use it on a close friend. But it is very immature. It's probably a turn off to a number of potential employers and collaborators. Maybe enough to matter to you, depending on your current prospects.

By no means is it the worst thing you could make or publicize about yourself. But I don't think, in the grand summation of things, it's a net positive.

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Hey Man the advice is absolutely appreciated, It's a bit to late to change the association, the internet is forever and so on. But for the most part I don't mind. I would never hide my quirky side from an employer its what's gotten me in the door in the past 9/10 times. At the same time i wouldn't want to work for someone who didn't want me to have fun. Making stupid shit on the side is fun.

It doesn't use porn, it's not dirty or gross, it's an applicable experiment that i did to learn NPM and all in all it was a valuable experience. The fact that it received attention has driven me to actually work on it :)

It would be my hope that any future employer could understand and appreciate thhis