[matwood]

You shouldn't have to write this response on 'hacker' news, but good for you. Work on what you want. Some people do wood working, fix cars, or play video games. Others like coding. I have tons of partial projects I've started for various reasons, and enjoyed them all. Good luck and have fun. And, maybe your project does turn into something bigger.

[otp209]

Right? Whether or not it's practical, it's the way we learn.

I used to see that sort of haughty "well why do you want to do X" response all the time on stackoverflow/its ilk (I've basically deprioritized results from that entire network of sites now), which isn't even a good tack as there are plenty of others who might want to do X for other, valid reasons; "why" shouldn't even be a question as far as learning goes.

[stavros]

Agreed. This community has a tacit assumption that everything must make money or some other kind of return, otherwise it's useless, and that's not true. I love hanging out here, but I've posted projects for fun where people couldn't believe I didn't want to make money on them.

Money is great, but it's not everything. Good luck, OP!

[Cyphase]

"(just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu)"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Linux#The_creation_...

[fm2606]

Well said. I couldn't agree more!

Good luck to the OP!