the only things i find "romantic" is creative design in macros, improving algorithms and low-level bithacks, everything else is mostly boring and mundane code m

the only things i find "romantic" is creative design in macros, improving algorithms and low-level bithacks, everything else is mostly boring and mundane code monkeying. Programming big projects where creativity and design space are stifled must feel suffocating and limited: people don't invent new stuff and do everything by the book - implementing something just for it to work, but not daring to break new territory.