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imo, that is like learning a new language you'll never use -- who on earth would search for new employees that can compile their own distro? It's fun at first, but definitely not useful.
The xz backdoor hidden in precooked blobs would like a word with you.
You answered your own question.
Being fun does not make (thing) a necessity let alone useful -- there are a lot of useless things that are fun.
Do you really need me to teach you that people do fun things as well as useful things?
That sounds great, I always wanted to learn Latin and even French, or really every language if I had the time.
You must be fun at parties. There are reasons to do things besides pleasing the man y'know.