Day 6: Scratchy

So, after experiencing some minor problems with SFML, I got this itching to start from scratch with a lower level library. So, today I grabbed GLFW and wrote some simple code. I also grabbed Tom Seddon’s public domain image loader library so I could load textures in. I’m not very proficient with OpenGL, so I’m not exactly off to a blazing start, but I basically have a texture loaded and displayed on the screen. I’ll wrap the code in some nicer bunches to try and see if I can get actual work done this way.
I had this little epiphany today relating to this issue with wanting to write my code more from scratch. I think my problem is that I’m a bit too much of a nerd so I tend to care too much about minor technical details. I bet most people are fine with whatever tools they happen to have picked, but when I see some minor problem with a tool, I tend to form a dislike towards that tool, even if the problem is minor or doesn’t concern me at that moment. If I make my own tools, the only problem is not having enough time to implement everything I want. I think that might be fun though, so we’ll see. I’ll try this for a little bit, see if it boosts my morale or whatever.