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by silver_silver 801 days ago
I agree. The insights are a small subset of what you’d discover writing a game. It’s like watching someone paint a wall with a model brush.

This to me is an example of an unhealthy special interest. I don’t doubt that it makes them happy, but one has to wonder about the personal consequences of a lifestyle which allows for a 10 month project like this. Will they still be content after another decade of this, or will they regret spending their youth studying a toy?