It Feels Like a Game

Some people have compared this new way of programming to a game. Factorio is the one that comes up most often.

And it really does feel like a game. The output is you’re building stuff you actually want to build. A ton of things never end up on GitHub. They don’t end up live. They’re just explorations of parts of a system or a topic. Others get published and other people use them.

If someone posts “hey, look at this React tool,” the natural response becomes: “Cool, can you build your own version?” Why? This one looks really good. Well, just because you can. You can explore things for the sake of exploring things.

Every idea you’ve ever had can be exercised, can be explored, and it doesn’t need to be good. You’ll learn along the way.