What is your favourite thing about programming?

Mine is that there is always something new to learn

@thmnmlst Yeah, I noticed that too. I thought I was weird for being intrigued by how everything works the way it does, then I found out every other programmer is the same

Developing an understand about how things work

Mine is that I don't have to rely on other people's work. If something doesn't do what I want, I'll make my own

@RexOmni If you want something done right you gotta do it yourself 😉

Doesn't exist or do what I want it to do? I'll write it myself AND give it to friends (innovation by open sourceness/sharing)

@RahulFromFP That is a wrong assumption if you are talking about professional development. You should never reinvent the wheel...

@kpenc Are you referring to when I said if you want something done right you have to do it yourself? If so, I didn't mean to reinvent the wheel, I meant that sometimes you have to make the wheel yourself, rather than rely on others

@kpenc I partly disagree with "never"

Why is it we have several manufacturers of wheels if we shouldn't do this, the answer is because those wheels offer different benefits.

Occasionally being able to hack my way around giving my e-mail address away for a freemium.

Ability to watch your code do cool things :)
Learn new things

@thmnmlst I totally agree with you. Like when you play a game you start thinking about the logic behind it.
I wonder how for example video creators or effect editors must feel..
Do they still enjoy movies a much as we would? And can we still enjoy the games? 🤔