alt Hacker NewsIf the author didn't do this for themselves - to learn, to show off their skills - then why bring it to life?
Likes. Clicks. Vanity. Being able to list GitHub on a resume.
The usual stuff we get from anything adjacent to A.I.
We went to the moon with slide rules. Now we boil the oceans for "likes."
What do you even mean by this?
Can’t things be made just for fun? Can’t people be proud of things they did for enjoyment only?
How is displaying a project on your GitHub “vanity”? Why shouldn’t they display it proudly? Why shouldn’t they put it on their resume?