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Woodworking as an escape from the absurdity of software (alinpanaitiu.com)

submitted 6 months ago by lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/15205399

Really cool blog post with beautiful photos and starts with a fun and interesting intro, here captured in an image for the the tl;dr but-want-to-comment-anyway among you :

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[–] Eccitaze@yiffit.net 11 points 6 months ago (2 children)

There's something primal about making something with your own hands that you just can't get with IT. Sure, you can deploy and maintain an app, but you can't reach out and touch it, smell it, or move it. You can't look at the fruits of your labor and see it as a complete work instead of a reminder that you need to fix this bug, and you have that feature request to triage, oh and you need to update this library to address that zero day vulnerability...

Plus, your brain is a muscle, too. When you've spent decades primarily thinking with your brain in one specific way, that muscle starts to get fatigued. Changing your routine becomes very alluring, and it lets you exercise new muscles, and challenge yourself to think in new ways.

[–] balder1991@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

A month ago I decided to paint a new door that was placed at home. It felt like a chore to me, even though I was satisfied with it at the end.

[–] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one -3 points 6 months ago

Sure, you can deploy and maintain an app, but you can't reach out and touch it, smell it, or move it.

I'd say that tactile fetish for objects is fitting coming from a society that frowns upon physical contact with people.

and challenge yourself to think in new ways.

I find that the wish is actually thinking as little as possible. That's a nightmare for me.