Not the person you're replying too, but I think you might find this video [0] interesting. He's describing his motivations and worries around making a web browser for SerenityOS.
A quote from that video (3:25) really stuck with me. He describes how he saw people joking online that the web-standards are so insane that it's impossible to build a new web-browser:
"The way I respond to that type of energy is to just really want show people that this is silly, not too complicated... mythologizing something that humans have done and humans will do again"
He clarified with a reflection on the hubris of it - new browsers can be made; not impossible; just takes an incredible amount of work taken a step at a time [1]. I really respect that.
Not exactly his thoughts on life _as_ a software engineer, but contains some thoughts on software engineering.
These are high praises and more than enough impetus to watch Andreas’ videos and check out SerenityOS. Thank you, all.
From tfa:
> With no drugs or other vices to pass the time, the days seemed impossibly long.
Is honest, resonant, and bodes well, but it’ll be work to convince myself this [0] is more like ol’ skool X than ~WinNT circa 2000 — it’s not making me serene atm.
A quote from that video (3:25) really stuck with me. He describes how he saw people joking online that the web-standards are so insane that it's impossible to build a new web-browser:
"The way I respond to that type of energy is to just really want show people that this is silly, not too complicated... mythologizing something that humans have done and humans will do again"
He clarified with a reflection on the hubris of it - new browsers can be made; not impossible; just takes an incredible amount of work taken a step at a time [1]. I really respect that.
Not exactly his thoughts on life _as_ a software engineer, but contains some thoughts on software engineering.
[0] https://youtu.be/-YlVex4nbfw
[1] http://serenityos.org/