▲ 139 ▼ What do you wish you'd have known before you started your hobby(s)? (piefed.world) submitted 7 months ago by toomanypancakes@piefed.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 192 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 27 points 7 months ago (4 children) For coding, I wish I had known that I will need to basically relearn the entire thing every 2-4 years due to frameworks and language design changes. permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (1 child) Tell me you're a front end programmer, without telling me you're a front end programmer. I had to do FE for a freelance work, I learned Angular built the thing and delivered, a few year later I wanted to do some other stuff went to check Angular documentation and it had changed completely, plus no one else was using it because everyone had migrated to React. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) Yea, its a big reason why I try to avoid FE like the plauge! As soon as you learn what everyone is using, everyone is using something else, or its going through a major rework that changes everything. permalink fedilink source parent [–] chunes@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago This is why I only use languages and libraries that are "finished." C, Pascal, Euphoria to name a few. permalink fedilink source parent [–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 8 points 7 months ago Absolutely isn't true though, unless you only learned JavaScript for some reason and god help you if that is what you call programming permalink fedilink source parent [–] yoyoyopo5@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago Yep. Redesign the entire library every few weeks because you discovered a better architecture. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago (1 child) Tell me you're a front end programmer, without telling me you're a front end programmer. I had to do FE for a freelance work, I learned Angular built the thing and delivered, a few year later I wanted to do some other stuff went to check Angular documentation and it had changed completely, plus no one else was using it because everyone had migrated to React. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) Yea, its a big reason why I try to avoid FE like the plauge! As soon as you learn what everyone is using, everyone is using something else, or its going through a major rework that changes everything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) Yea, its a big reason why I try to avoid FE like the plauge! As soon as you learn what everyone is using, everyone is using something else, or its going through a major rework that changes everything. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chunes@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago This is why I only use languages and libraries that are "finished." C, Pascal, Euphoria to name a few. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 8 points 7 months ago Absolutely isn't true though, unless you only learned JavaScript for some reason and god help you if that is what you call programming permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yoyoyopo5@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago Yep. Redesign the entire library every few weeks because you discovered a better architecture. permalink fedilink source parent