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0 pointsfiddlerwoaroof5y ago0 comments

I’ve also just decided that it’s ok to have a dozen incomplete projects I work on occasionally over the course of several years.

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abiogenesis5y ago· 1 in thread

I'm in the same boat but the problem with that approach is the technology stack and/or the problem the project solves become obsolete in the meantime.

fiddlerwoaroofOP5y ago

It’s a matter of picking slow-changing technologies: so, not the latest JS framework or whatever, but something like Clojure or Common Lisp that has a track record of maintaining backwards compatibility. And then learn to solve problems in ways that can easily be adapted to solve related problems.

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