--- title: Directly Attacked | daily.dev description: A short, candid reflection on the tendency of some programmers to become fans of programming itself rather than focusing on the product. The author critiques... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/directly-attacked-x2ifabdcx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Directly Attacked | daily.dev og:description: A short, candid reflection on the tendency of some programmers to become fans of programming itself rather than focusing on the product. The author critiques... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/directly-attacked-x2ifabdcx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/X2ifABdCX.png og:image:alt: Directly Attacked og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Directly Attacked **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A short, candid reflection on the tendency of some programmers to become fans of programming itself rather than focusing on the product. The author critiques developers who obsess over mastering languages like Rust, Haskell, or Zig as a form of self-expression rather than solving real problems — then humorously admits to being guilty of the same behavior by rewriting a working system from Lua to Odin. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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