Why do internet people assume programmers all write stuff just for them, out of the goodness of their hearts? "Can you add feature X to Motepad?" is the most common question. "Yes, I can, but I'm not bloody going to, it does everything I want, and you're not offering to pay me to add the features you want, so piss off."
"I like the random surrealism generator, but it's a shame it's all done in CGI." "What do you think it should be done in?" "Javascript, so people can take it and modify it. No point reinventing the wheel." "So what do I get out of saving other people from reinventing the wheel, at the cost of reinventing it myself?" "(notable silence)".
People, I do not program for you, I program for me. If you pay me, then I will program for you. Otherwise, I am best, you must die.
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