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Reimplementing other software is one of the most rewarding exercises in frustration that exist.

It's surprisingly fun to focus on the how, rather than the what, with the safety net of knowing the what will still be something worthwhile.

Just like drawing, everyone draws still life to train or figure out their issues.

It doesn’t matter that there are dozens of those drawings made by all the people.

Almost 20 years ago we had to write our own database with indexing for a software dev class. It was crap by every definition possible

But that learning experience and having a rough idea of what sql is doing under the hood is still useful to me every day.

Reimplementing classic games (Pong, Tetris, Snake) sits at a great spot along the effort-to-reward curve.