That’s sweet. I didn’t intend to come off as rude, just meant to say that programming isn’t as intimidating as many people think

I saw the comment before you deleted it… Yes, I actually have done my own plumbing when diy finishing my basement. I watched a lot of YouTube vids, and read some articles, and asked questions in diy forums. Not saying it’s easy, just saying that it’s doable if it’s really as important as you insinuate. I’ll never be as good a plumber as you, but I learned enough to fit my specific needs

In the same 5 years, you could’ve easily learned how to program, and do it yourself. As a software engineer, I’d say most people can learn to code fairly quickly, so it’d be more like 5 weeks, if that…

Not all notifications need replying to, and it’s sometimes nice to have them be glanceable. I don’t use a smartwatch per say, the battery life on them suck, but my Garmin watch still has some of the same general functionality along with the fitness stuff I mostly have it for. Plus underrated feature for me is using it to ring my phone when I can’t find it ha