[yodsanklai]

> If you're in the latter group -- you've already got the skills to build real shit. Don't waste your time on homework problems.

I disagree. Not everything is about business and money. Many people already build "real shit" for a living and want to simply have fun building other things, and focus on the cool parts, and not all the boring parts involved in a commercial project.

Also CS is constantly evolving. Nobody knows the "fundamentals" once for all. A ray tracer is still a ray tracer, but languages and technologies have changed immensely in just a few years. Git didn't exist 15 years ago. A langage like Rust is 10 years old. React is 7 years old. We need these homework problems simply to keep up to date.

[dev-ns8]

Totally unrelated, but what's the connection between your name and the famous Muay Thai fighter Yodthanong Photirat, better known as Yodsanklai Fairtex?? [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yodsanklai_Fairtex

[yodsanklai]

He was my inspiration for the name, first name that popped to mind when I chose my HN user name :)

[dev-ns8]

That's awesome! Really cool to see another knowledgeable fan of Muay Thai on this forum!

[cambalache]

> Git didn't exist 15 years ago. A langage like Rust is 10 years old. React is 7 years old. We need these homework problems simply to keep up to date.

None of them were innovative (as in something new) nor belong to CS fundamentals.