There's this phrase, right? "Don't reinvent the wheel". I think it's central to the development experience. Don't re-do work your ancestors have already done, lest you waste your time.

I think there's a very valid exception -- well, there's many, but here's my favorite: "Don't reinvent the wheel unless you are trying to learn how the wheel works."

See I like that phrase. Gives you a lot more creative license to just redo what has been made if you are curious about it. What if at the end of that learning experience you have a nice, fairly polished wheel and you'd like to share it? Maybe for e-cred, maybe for criticism, maybe just searching for praise.

I'd say that the underlying motivation is irrelevant. We as a community should be less skeptical about this stuff, we really need to learn to just be happy for people, maybe even give out some praise.

So on that note. Nice job OP! I really like the font choice, and colors. UI wise this might be the best FTP client I've seen.