/prog/ 2012 challenge

Brothers and sisters,

As the end of the year comes closer, and we reflect on what has happened on /prog/ this last year, we have to admit that we did not accomplish very much. Perhaps in our private lives, yes, but here on /prog/ we have spent the majority of the year trolling, meta-trolling, complaining about it and going nowhere in particular. If we look at our community I'm going to say we have very little to be proud of: /prog/ kinda sucks.

I say we change all that. I say in 2012 we band together and prove that /prog/ is better than it has ever been before just by making it so. That we can come to /prog/ with an expectation of lulz and wisdom. I'm willing to make the effort, who's with me?

ITT post your new years resolutions for /prog/, I'll start:

* If I have nothing substantial to say I will sage it.

I was thinking /prog/ could make a game too. It's something that most people will just get but there's plenty of other things we could make too.

Hmm, is there a website where people can contribute ideas for programming projects?

/prog/ could also write a book or two on programming. It could cover philosophy of programming, life style of the typical programmer, what makes an expert programmer, learning how to program, learning to speak multiple languages, picking up languages fast, etc. There's a lot of people here who have deep knowledge so that could also work.

Perhaps the biggest problem is that /prog/ isn't built around a platform with a lot of services, so it's up to us to set them up and create them. On that note, I have a spare dedicated server so I can host if anyone actually wants to be creative in 2012.