Mastodawn

It seems to me that most people, when wrapping up a big project that consumed their life for awhile, get excited, happy, and want to throw a party.

I, on the other hand, get weirdly depressed and dismayed. I question if it was worth it. I wonder if anyone will care or notice. I fear I wasted my time or that it was pointless. It's sort of a depressing time, mentally, in a strange way. I try to fight it, but the darkness is there anyway.

So anyway, just finishing up a huge Tapestry code project.

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Monty Hayter 🇨🇦

@bigzaphod You’re not the only one that gets feelings like that — especially when, from past experience, I *know* that many (most?) won’t notice* something new, even if it’s user-facing, even fewer will care, and the number who will actually express appreciation minimal.

Sometimes we do things as much for ourselves as for them.

*The thing to take heart in is that while they may not consciously notice, on some level they will, and they’ll appreciate it, even if they don’t know why.