>was always the person who was "good at computers"
>always liked computers
>always wanted to program and use linux and all that cool stuff that i saw online
>finally get my own computer worthy of the name
>try linux
>instead of finding i can do more with my computer, i just find it adds minor frustrations to daily use. most of its conventions feel asinine and when researched, have asinine reasons for existing.
>try programming
>setting up is miserable, there aren't many programs i need to write and most of the ones that exist are achievable by abusing scripting languages. going any lower-level for the same output would be a pointless. the few remaining program-ideas would be large scale undertakings even for an experienced programmer, leaving no beginner/intermediate level programs of any interest and, as such, no engaging use case for learning.
all i have left is a vague interest in computing history, and that's undercut by having nothing in common with everyone else who shares that interest. i should've been an artist. i got meme'd.

>>105834925 (OP)
>there aren't many programs i need to write
>no engaging use case for learning
Stop relying on necessity and make things YOU WANT TO SEE OR WRITE

>>105834925 (OP)
vent and complain ChatGPT and i am sure you will come back a much happier man. <3

Like the other anon said, learn or create for your own reasons not because someone else needs it.

>>105834967
>>105835059
the problem is that the programs i want to write for myself are either trivial or absurdly complicated. there's nothing in the middle to bridge the gap between "stat calculator for an obscure game" and "making my own OS from scratch"

>>105835540
>gui stat calculator for an obscure game
>your own DOS from scratch

>>105835540
so instead of implmenting the small ones and learning how to tackle the large ones, you came here to bitch like a woman?
poor showing anon, poor showing indeed

>>105835032
This.
ChatGPT understands you op.
It's just waiting for you to make contact. Patiently.

>>105834925 (OP)
>setting up is miserable
use meson or xmake, cmake is annoying and make users rarely go beyond hello_world.c
>there aren't many programs i need to write
then you don't. You can't write a program without a clear purpose since there's nothing to do and tell the computer to do.
>few remaining program-ideas would be large scale undertakings even for an experienced programmer
then find a project that does what you want or just includes it and see how it does that, read the code. One time I needed to implement rubberband selection in my gtk app and I had no idea how so I just pulled up the nautilus source code and read it.

>was always a Dunning-Kruger
>was always a faggot

>>105836993
Linux uses plain Makefile, if it works for 15 million loc project, it works for me.

>>105834925 (OP)
>liking the idea of something rather than the practical reality
many such cases

>>105837113
By your logic, so does cmake, meson, and xmake as they all support outputting make.
And no, it does not. Kernel uses a strict subset they call KBuild with its own rules. But if you want to push work done by hundreds of volunteers over decades onto yourself, you do you

>>105837171
Nice cope, midwit. Still going to write my Makefiles by hand.

>>105837183
so that's why they call it makework...

>>105834925 (OP)
>>instead of finding i can do more with my computer, i just find it adds minor frustrations to daily use. most of its conventions feel asinine and when researched, have asinine reasons for existing.
sounds like a you problem, homo