> It's probably not as scary as you think it is; after all, it was written by other people like you. Most interesting code has been written by people smarter t

> It's probably not as scary as you think it is; after all, it was written by other people like you. Most interesting code has been written by people smarter than me (the kernel, compositing window manager, network stack, web rendering engine, virtual machine, etc.), and while reading that code probable isn't intractable, it would take me decades of effort to understand. At the same time, I think I can be an effective developer by building on top of those technologies (i.e., being a great plumber). And that's OK.