alt Hacker NewsHonestly, it really is the easy part of the job. Really truly.
It's difficult when you're first learning but there are definitely much harder skills to learn.
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danielvaughn • today at 5:17 AM
I'm curious which skills you think are much harder than programming.
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javchz • today at 4:07 AM
Totally. I would add that code that "works" it's easy to do. Code that it's efficient, easy to maintain and safe... That it's another story.
But the sad truth is that most software can be or it's done with shitty code that "kinda works" as long as the CPU it's fast enough.
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99.9% of the code i write is easy, but that's just because of the sort of work i do. Its not far from basic CRUD. Maybe with pubsubs and caching thrown in for fun.
But that doesn't mean there isn't some tricksy stuff. All the linear algebra in graphics programming takes awhile to wrap your head around. Actually, game programming in general i find a bit hard. Physics, state management, multi threading, networking...