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[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago (3 children)

My dad used to refer to something he called "Scottish engineering", which meant you start a project with good intentions but just end up swearing frequently and throwing everything in the fire lol

[–] [email protected] 33 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the Scots invented paved roads, tires, bicycles, steam engines, penicillin, postage stamps, television, radar, and universal standard time so they must have been doing something right.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

A global industrial empire probably helps a bit for those things.

[–] sbv 11 points 8 months ago

this is also hobby software development

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

This tracks, have you seen how many times I restart a React project?