Build dumb sh*t
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Argument: making deliberately useless projects teaches tools, sharpens judgment, and sometimes creates unexpected social value. Examples include a PostCSS plugin that renamed !important to a curse word to force CSS cleanup, Socket.IO projects like magicpiano.now.that.is.h and magicdrums that reveal realtime chaos, a Chrome extension (Burn It Down) that detonates pages with trackers, an npm drinking-game and an npm hook (use-clippy). A tiny meetup, QueerJS meetup, becomes a real safe space. These experiments mostly don’t earn money but reliably produce skills and surprises.
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