[tekacs]

Whilst they are nonetheless interesting and worth seeing, there really does seem to be an abundance of really small (30-200 SLoC) projects being posted and reaching the front page recently. I'm just curious because I'd usually consider these sorts of things ~20 minutes' work (plus potentially a more meaningful amount of time writing the documentation). They stand out to me in this sense amongst all the blog posts and stories which almost invariably will have taken a great deal more time and effort to produce. [1]

Any thoughts? Indeed any prior discussion?

[1]: Not to say that this isn't a nice idea. :)

[jnye131]

Yep, I've noticed that sorry to propagate a trend that isn't the best. I think it's because you can do quite a lot in an afternoon with Go especially if your learning, like me.

[tekacs]

Oh yes, absolutely. I just wonder when I see these posts if I should post similar small apps that I built along the way to learning some new technology or language and then, so far, decide that it's probably not the most useful.

On the other hand, given that I myself often end up using those small learning apps for a few years after I built them (even tiny apps can be useful day-to-day), perhaps that's not a fair assessment.