The case for useless packages

[RMHogervorst]

Use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0bsKc4tiuY as inspiration, simone explains why making useless stuff is so nice. It makes the expectations low and keeps the fun

https://giphy.com/search/simone-giertz

simone is my spirit animal and I didn't even know it

Things I 've made that are not entirely useful
an app for adding bananas to your picture https://github.com/RMHogervorst/bananafy
multiple coffee related things...
How many times me and a friend drank coffee related to weather and other stuff
https://github.com/RMHogervorst/koffie
coffee related functions https://github.com/RMHogervorst/coffeegeeks
https://github.com/RMHogervorst/coffeedata dataset as a package example (of the previously mentioned coffee moments)

I've created scale to measure how much R-nerdiness you have https://github.com/RMHogervorst/r_scale

i created a dataset of werewolves https://github.com/RMHogervorst/werewolf, a dataset
of unicorns and unicycles
a list of things that should be a package but aren't yet https://github.com/RMHogervorst/shouldbeapackage

sometimes I go a bit overboard and even create a whole new organisation with a single useless purpose:
R-related karaoke:
Raoke package https://github.com/raoke/
with accompanying shiny app https://rmhogervorst.shinyapps.io/powrballad/ to select a song
startrek

https://github.com/rtrek
with TNG phrases and stuff.

But I learned so much from all of this! I learned the basics from the Coursera courses, and gradually taught myself how to interact with APIs, how to work with the magic package, geographical manipulation, shiny apps etc.