UnGlasierteGurke@feddit.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 months agosurely your hobby can't be that expensivefeddit.orgimagemessage-square247linkfedilinkarrow-up1799arrow-down115
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minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoSoftware development is cheap, if you already own a PC, which is the most expensive part if you go with open source tools.
minus-squareCulf@feddit.dklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoUntil you get into embedded programming and electronics…
minus-squareFinjaminPoach@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoAnd here’s me thinking software development is a career 😭 good for you though. How did you get into it as a hobby?
minus-squareZILtoid1991@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoLearned it in college, first hated it because Java + webapps + PHP, then I discovered system programming through game development.
minus-squarejim3692@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s free until you start wasting money on hosting and domains, for websites that no one will ever visit. I don’t want to know how much I would be paying, if I didn’t have a home server with fiber internet.
Software development is cheap, if you already own a PC, which is the most expensive part if you go with open source tools.
Until you get into embedded programming and electronics…
And here’s me thinking software development is a career 😭 good for you though. How did you get into it as a hobby?
Learned it in college, first hated it because Java + webapps + PHP, then I discovered system programming through game development.
It’s free until you start wasting money on hosting and domains, for websites that no one will ever visit.
I don’t want to know how much I would be paying, if I didn’t have a home server with fiber internet.