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by overfeed
155 days ago
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Traditionally, hobbies cost money. I'm yet to hear anyone harangue folk on the ROI of their sourdough, blacksmithing or Storm Trooper cosplay hobbies. Perhaps this hobby is a little to close to sysadmin work for some, but I'm yet to see single-user SaaS weekend projects catch any flak on HN yet, instead, they are celebrated in "Ask HN: What are you working on" threads. The point is the satisfaction you get in return of effort you put in, and perhaps kudos from like-minded folk when you execute particularly well. |
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Recently I have watched a couple of Venus Theory's [0] videos. In one of them he asked the question why you're doing the thing you're doing, questioning the intention of creation. Is it self-satisfaction, or validation, he asks. I'm personally on the former camp. I used to share what I do for just putting it out, and adding a couple of pointers to it. If anyone commented on it, it's great (hint: nobody ever did). Otherwise I don't care. Having no feedback doesn't stop me, because I do what I do, enjoy the process and just put it out there (now less so because of the AI crawlers, alas).
While I like working/playing with computers, I have other hobbies, too, and I find them equally rewarding, and I don't care about their costs.
I also do not belittle the people who buy racks of hardware for their home. If I was not at the point I am currently, I'd probably do it, too. I'm just lucky to have access to it already, not needing these screeching hot banshees at home. Trying to scale down into a pragmatic minimalism also is both a result and reason of swimming in cables and big equipment in a small space when I was a teenager.
So, I got enough of these things at home, and I prefer to use them at their natural habitat. That's all.
[0]: https://www.youtube.com/@VenusTheory/videos