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Introducing tmux-rs

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857 points Jtsummers | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 15:03 UTC | HN request time: 0.277s | source
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mbreese ◴[03 Jul 25 15:19 UTC] No.44455951[source]▶
> You might be asking: why did you rewrite tmux in Rust? And yeah, I don’t really have a good reason. It’s a hobby project. Like gardening, but with more segfaults.

I love this attitude. We don’t necessarily need a reason to build new things. Who knows what will come out of a hobby project. Thanks to the author for the great write up!

Also, my gardening is full of segfaults, coding a new project is definitely safer to my yard.

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godelski ◴[03 Jul 25 19:16 UTC] No.44458298[source]▶
Honestly, I often hate how people ask "why?", and don't understand how "for fun" is a legitimate answer. I get it for work or other things, but hobbies? We do lots of things for fun! Humans were born to play, just like every other animal. It's how we learn and explore the world around us.

And frankly, to quote Knuth

  > In fact what I would like to see is thousands of computer scientists let loose to do whatever they want. That's what really advances the field.
This is true for any field, or any project. We're creative creatures. We dream and explore. Major changes almost never come from doing things the way they've always been done. A lot of times "just because" gives you the freedom to try new things and challenge those paradigms. Weirdly, if you always have to justify everything you slow down progress.
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serial_dev ◴[03 Jul 25 21:34 UTC] No.44459387[source]▶
Asking “why” can still be a legitimate question, and “for fun” can also be a legitimate answer.

I treat projects differently if they want to launch a product, they want to replace an established open source tool, done for fun for themselves, or if it’s a hobby project.

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1. goku12 ◴[04 Jul 25 05:32 UTC] No.44461399[source]▶
'For fun' is a perfectly reasonable answer. But sometimes the answer to 'why' comes after you do it. I'm sure that everyone has learned something without realizing its utility until the end. Nobody is obligated to answer that question, unless you're pitching something.