# Building Something Without Having to Order the Cement
**URL:** https://discourse.notenik.app/t/building-something-without-having-to-order-the-cement/733
**Category:** Adventures
**Created:** [May 22, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/building-something-without-having-to-order-the-cement/733 "2025-05-22T21:03:28Z")
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### Author:  [@hbowie](https://discourse.notenik.app/u/hbowie)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/building-something-without-having-to-order-the-cement/733/1 "2025-05-22T21:03:28Z")
As Ken Thompson has said, programming is addictive, partly because “It’s like building something where you don’t have to order the cement.” Notenik has been going strong for years now, and the neighbors have yet to see a cement truck pull up to my door.
Link: [Building Something Without Having to Order the Cement | Adventures with Notenik](https://notenik.app/adventures/building-something-without-having-to-order-the-cement.html)
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### Author:  [@ThePrinter](https://discourse.notenik.app/u/ThePrinter)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://discourse.notenik.app/t/building-something-without-having-to-order-the-cement/733/2 "2025-05-24T16:09:36Z")
**In case anyone was wondering**
> **It was me...**
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Thanks, Herb
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