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I had a really weird idea today.
What if I just wrote a UI framework that targeted an entirely arbitrary HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). I mean a *simple* HAL, not more than what a typical Canvas object can do, at most.
There are a lot of UI frameworks for kotlin/java, and I know this will get me yelled at, but I dislike them all (for various different reasons, but most notably how difficult they are for programmers to use).
I haven't rolled code for almost a year. That is a *gigantic* period of time for me. I haven't no-coded for longer than 2 weeks since I was 20 years old.
So it'll likely come to nothing.
But I wonder.
Could I do better? Could it be fun? Could it be educational, for me and others?
I wonder.
@GeePawHill Yea, yes, and yes. If I may, pick something small, maybe even something that feels insultingly small, and work through that, rather than a project of exploration. See how it goes. (I mean I suspect pretty good, it's all still in there)
@GeePawHill That IS a gigantic period of time. Do you know why you haven't? I always worry that my coding hobby will fall off because it's the only one that has ever stuck for my entire life that I don't go through any real lulls for.
@moxie Fading out for the night here, and I might say more tomorrow, but the short answer:
I have a failing body, in multiple ways, and, more importantly, a broken heart, in multiple ways.
I understand that.
Good luck with doing whatever you can with what energy you have, and sweet dreams when you make it to bed.
@GeePawHill Sure, that sounds possible and potentially fruitful.
And if you target a simple, even imaginary backend, the graphics library for interacting with that backend could be reimplemented in different and instructive ways, using different patterns of different implementation languages, or present various interaction patterns; the simple backend could be hoisted on different backend graphics systems.
@GeePawHill if it'd be fun for you, I'd love to follow along as you build it. I love learning from these types of things, and you explain things really well.
@iris Awwww. Sheesh. <3
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