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Wow, the screenshots really look incredibly polished, not just for a high school project. Actually, if you told me that this was some preview uploaded by Microsoft, I may have been fooled. Yes, I do share the criticism about UWP. The author seems to be very aware of the limitations, though. Figuring that stuff out for yourself is a great thing. Choose anything as your underlying technology, and only move on to the next thing as you realize that your current stack really is the limiting factor. No, I probably don’t want a UWP Explorer. And still, figuring out what Explorer would look like if it was invented today is an exciting exercise in getting to know the platform (and might get you noticed by Microsoft eventually, who knows). Yes, someone pointed out that code quality is mediocre. That’s a good thing. The author is focusing on the GUI part right now, and they are getting things done. Write bad code today and you will write good code tomorrow, it takes practice. Write no code today and you may never write any relevant code. As someone who loved tinkering with all sorts of technology since early childhood, and thinking and theorizing about UI and UX, I never really accomplished much in this field. Before I could, I would always question the value of the project, the quality of my output, and the superiority of the underlying tech stack. Classic example of choice paralysis and “perfect being the greatest enemy of good”. Today, I am doing something entirely different for money, and more often than I like to admit, that still makes me sad, given my everlasting enthusiasm for tech. |