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The programmers’ creed: We do these things not because they are easy, but because we thought they would be easy. ;)


The one I follow is slightly different:

We do these things not because they are easy, but because we want to

And later we can find 100 good excuses explaining why it was worth it


Well thats when it actually got done. But in most cases it remains incomplete.


What matters is the journey, what you learn on the way...


We do these things for the learning experience.

At least that's me. I've built sooo much stuff just because I wanted to learn how to build it.




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