<story><title>Just for Fun. No, really.</title><url>https://justforfunnoreally.dev</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>bawolff</author><text>I think when people ask &amp;quot;why are you doing this&amp;quot; what they are really asking is:&lt;p&gt;Why are you showing this to me?&lt;p&gt;Especially for things that are really common or totally undocumented. E.g. i&amp;#x27;m glad you are having fun making a commandline calculator in python, but im not sure why you posted it to show hn. Or alternatively - im glad you are having fun making whatever you are, but if you cant even write 1 paragraph describing what your program is intended to do, i dont know why you are showing it off.&lt;p&gt;Alternatively, occassionally people are asking &amp;quot;why do you find this fun?&amp;quot;. Everyone gets joy out of different things, but if you show something off and then give no context, its a bit weird. Most people expect an explanation on why whatever you are doing is interesting or meaningful to you.</text></comment>
<story><title>Just for Fun. No, really.</title><url>https://justforfunnoreally.dev</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>boberoni</author><text>I moved to San Francisco a few months ago. In my second week in the city, I went to a party and someone I had never met before opened a conversation with &amp;quot;What do you care most about in life?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;After a second of thinking, I answered &amp;quot;Having fun.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;I asked him the same question back and he said &amp;quot;Having an impact on the world.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Although I don&amp;#x27;t think about it that much, I realized that I personally didn&amp;#x27;t care that much about my impact on the world. Any impact that I create would simply be a byproduct of me pursuing whatever activities I find fun.&lt;p&gt;Moreover, a positive impact in my eyes might end up being a negative impact to others. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.</text></comment>