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There's no easy way to word what I came away from your comment with, so I'll just get it out there: your comment was exceedingly enlightening. I doubt that duri
by jedsmith 16y ago
There's no easy way to word what I came away from your comment with, so I'll just get it out there: your comment was exceedingly enlightening. I doubt that during the development of Trumpet anybody thought they were saving even one life (it's a sockets API!), and your story speaks volumes about how programmers can touch lives in ways they'd never imagine during development.
Moral I learned: it's really easy to underestimate impact. I'm personalizing that to relate to development, but I think it's applicable to a lot of what we do.
Thank you for sharing your story. Even though it wasn't directed at me, it gave me considerable pause and something to think about.
- evanjacobs 16y ago"it's really easy to underestimate impact" And I bet the guy who made the video which inadvertently spawned this idea probably didn't imagine the impact it would have on another man's life.