It’s probably easier to maintain clean and dedicated distribution packages rather than putting everything into one giant pile. I’m not a maintainer, but I imagine this is similar to coding.

Yeah. Reddit makes money, but it’s unpaid workforce who have to combat bots - and their options are limited. It’s crazy that this is normalized.

People care about Marvel movies and Taylor Swift. There is nothing wrong with either, it’s just a form of entertainment at this point.

F1: write that down, write that down!

Just give it a try. Even if you decide that gamedev isn’t for you, you’ll learn something new about yourself and game development in general.

I think the biggest advantage of an old laptop is that people often already have one.