10:55:00 pm
I know. There are tumblrs, blogspots, wordpress, etc. but I feel one is better served by creating something others already have -- if you have the chance. It gives you a chance to understand the problems that had to be solved by the creators of those other systems. Those lessons translate into other solutions for personal projects and jobs. Furthermore, when you have a problem with one of those third party systems in the future, you might just have a better understanding of what's causing it.
So just as a Jedi has to build a light saber to complete their training, I say you're not a web developer worth your salt until you've at least tried to build an MVC-type system from scratch and/or created your own blogging system rather than using a pre-built package.
Codey stuff will come soon.
