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

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 33 points 10 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.

[–] epyon22@programming.dev 13 points 10 months ago

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

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

this is also hobby software development

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

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