I can share a similar experience: I began to learn programming during my first school years, on an Apple II clone with Logo, a fancy language with turtle graphics as a most distinctive feature. We used to boot Logo off 5.25" floppy disks...

I'm pretty sceptical, to say the least

Consider the Sharp Zaurus (SL-C860, for example): - Intel Xscale PXA255 400 MHz - 64 MB SDRAM - Linux/QTopia desktop environment

I like freebsd a lot, too. In production we use debian (without systemd!), and here's the uptime of one of our servers:

$ uname -a

Linux deb2 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2 (2016-04-08) x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ uptime

08:50:41 up 2512 days, 17:15, 1 user, load average: 18.70, 20.46, 21.43

so last security patch was over 7 years ago?

For some time now, I've come to the conclusion that the choice of a programming language is of crucial importance to the success of a project: programmers are inspired by beautiful tech solutions, that's what motivates them to give the best of themselves. PHP has never been such a piece of technology for me, whereas Perl used to be...

They've lost a loyal customer. I no longer have a reason to continue using the product, and would rather switch to Adobe.

What was your reason to use the product (to what end) and what has changed now that you now have no reason to continue to use it? What has Adobe to do with it?

I get that some have fears that Affinity is getting unusable for them in the future so maybe it's good to look for alternatives. But if you are willing to switch to Adobe you can do this when it has gotten unusable.

The promise of Affinity: a professional graphic design package without the hefty monthly subscription cost of Adobe. Now it is "free". How come?! I don't take it! It's a fundamental law of economics that there is no free lunch. I will not be paying for the product with my personal data.

Adobe's products are more professional than Affinity's, and they are de facto the norm for professional graphic design.

The main reason for me to consider non-free software for graphic design is not that Gimp, Inkscape, etc. are not good enough and lacking in features. It's about the social aspect of working and interacting with other peer designers.

Hey! In my opinion the rejection doesn't really matter.

I really like diggit.dev, your approach, and I appreciate that you use Elm!

Keep pushing forward!

I absolutely agree and feel the same, but you sound like you still enjoy programming, and I think you should not switch careers.

I thought so - until film photography prices began to skyrocket. Then I bought a quality second hand DSLR body compatible with my 35mm film lenses, and haven't regretted the decision, not for a minute. The investment has since completely paid out. Great books otherwise...