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Reply to @neatnik@social.lol
thierry@tnjh@mastodon.social (2026-08-21 17:13:29)
@neatnik For a programmer, he seems oddly dismissive of the joy of learning a new skill and figuring out how something works.
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Olly@olly@indieweb.social (2026-08-21 17:41:04)
@tnjh @neatnik nice, thanks

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thierry@tnjh@mastodon.social (2026-08-21 17:50:46)
@olly @neatnik I wasn't trying to be mean but you wrote: "Hand-coding all the site HTML yourself doesn't really buy you much, other than a new skill."

So is learning a new skill not something worth pursuing? Learning to knit or baking a soufflé is also hard, yet people still do it even though they could buy a jumper or go to a restaurant.

And if someone learns HTML and CSS, maybe they'll love it, and they learn PHP, SQL or JavaScript. I did, and it has brought me so much joy.