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		munificent 3 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Craft software that makes people feel something I have a hobby game up on GitHub. The README explains that it's open source for people to fork it and file issues, but that I don't accept contributions. So far, it seems like that's been very effective. We don't always have to solve problems with technology. Sometimes you can just tell people things.

fuzzfactor 2 days ago [–]

Sometimes it may be good not to say anything at all :)

I like the idea of crafting tools that allow the user to accomplish something that would ideally not need software.

Even better if the most prominent feature of a necessarily complex software solution, is the behavior to the user as if it is absent completely.

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