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by fallat 1552 days ago
Wow, this is sick!

Hide the hints, add more art, maybe some more mechanics to hide the fact you're learning at first: I think this could be effective and a seller!

Makes me think web programming is the dark souls of programming (I mean Haskell is probably much closer but the sheer amount of what you need to learn for web is what makes that association in my mind - I know it isn't exactly right, as someone who has played all the Souls-like games from Fromsoft) lol.
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lanternfish 1551 days ago
Webdev is the JRPG of programming - countless barely integrated systems which have compounded over years of legacy buildup into a Gordian behemoth no single individual can truly understand.

C is the Dark Souls of programming - ostensibly simple but with a bunch of unintuitive pitfalls and recommended optimizations. This maps C# and C++ onto DS2 and DS3 pretty well.

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ddoolin 1551 days ago
Then are Sekiro and Elden Ring like Go and Rust?
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fallat 1551 days ago
> Webdev is the JRPG of programming [...]

Beautifully expressed.

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