[leakycap]

> I mean, a table is as hard as you make it.

We aren't talking about the same thing: I stated "I don't think tables are the hard thing."

Note the word "the" in front of "hard thing" -- I'm referencing the article we're discussing, which mentions "the hard thing"

[fc417fc802]

The entire process is "the thing". In the case of a table by adjusting the inputs to the process you can cover quite a wide range of difficulty and required time.

For example, start from a felled tree, use only hand tools, and assemble using medieval joinery techniques. Building a table that way is quite hard by modern standards.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to get back to writing this date parsing library in assembly.

[ok_dad]

Not even doing it from scratch is the hard thing, the hard thing is getting the experience to know how to fit stuff together the best way to achieve your design and utilitarian goals, what wood to use, etc.

The hard thing isn’t building the date parsing library in assembly, it’s learning assembly well enough to do it in the first place.

I’m not sure where this discussion began but I was rebelling against everyone who says “just buy it” in regards to anything hard to do.