The Joy of Making Things

Constraining the infinite to pull your ideas into reality.

Many people have written about how making things can be valuable. What do I mean by "making things"? I am referring to what Paul Graham would call "a project of one's own". I don't mean something as specific as building a chair (though that could certainly count) or as broad as "being creative" (though that is clearly a part of it). Making things is hav…