"I build things"

  • aka how to sound like the most boring software developer ever.

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  • I can’t count the amount of times I’ve heard this phrase. You say it, and it sounds so profound. So grand.

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    • You. Build. Things. after all.

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    • but behind those no words is no substance. You build things, so what?

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      • the film starts, the film ends. nothing is said inbetween.

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      • humpty dumpty sat on the wall…

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  • if you’re so uncreative as to only be able to say you build things… yeah you’re not very creative are you.

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  • riki yells at cloud.

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    • there’s a reason I call myself a programming wizard. that one word tells you so much more about my nature than “I build things.”

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      • the wizard part is about wanting to go deeper, to explore every nook and cranny of the software I obsess over. uncover arcane knowledge few to no people know about.

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  • fucking, EVERYBODY builds things in this industry, arrite

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    • “I build things” is something literally every creative can say.

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  • by the way here’s a funny: https://godly.website/ have fun browsing bad UX design xoxo

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    • this website feels like it never had a UX designer look at it either.

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      • explore the directory—a list of categories, each of which is a link that takes up the entire width of the screen, so you never have any space to autoscroll with your middle mouse button

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        • the fact the categories include boring garbage such as: “Agency”, “E-commerce”, “Startup”, “Development”, “Mobile App”, “Finance”, “SaaS”, and of course the badges on the front page start with “AI” and “Web3” tells you a lot about the creators.

          “quality” my ass.

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    • this website doesn’t even work without JavaScript, even though it’s purely static content.

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      • look I know treehouse barely works without JS, but at least you can read it.

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    • an entry on this website provoked me to write this. I don’t want to call out the specific one because it would be missing the point.

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