alt Hacker NewsI used to program pure Xlib when I was 13 or so. I don't think the then-13-year-old me would manage pure Wayland.
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silon42 • yesterday at 5:07 PM
You underestimate youself as a 13 year old... if you had to, you'd do it (given time).
I used to program pure Xlib when I was 13 or so. I don't think the then-13-year-old me would manage pure Wayland.
You underestimate youself as a 13 year old... if you had to, you'd do it (given time).
The point of wayland, though, is that back then 13-year-old you would get an application that "works" but to support myriad things (like HiDPI) you'd have to DIY it. Whereas now, sure a 13 year old perhaps won't write directly to wayland's APIs, but you'll use a library and have a much more globally usable result. And honestly probably have a better time - less effort for the same result, and with a more maintainable project in the long run.