I saw Jiro Dreams of Sushi the other day. For context, Jiro is this old dude (80?) who refuses to retire from being a sushi chef. He’s one of the best sushi che

I saw Jiro Dreams of Sushi the other day. For context, Jiro is this old dude (80?) who refuses to retire from being a sushi chef. He’s one of the best sushi chefs in the world. In the film, he talks about how he doesn’t do it to be the best. Or do it for the money. For him, sushi is a craft he does for honor. I like that framing. I agree with the sentiment you quoted, and I’ve been programming for over 30 years. I don’t think there’s much honor in most software. We don’t honor the user when we make software full of ads. We don’t honor the computer when our software is slow and lazy. And we don’t honor our craft when our software is buggy. Yes, this poster is obviously inexperienced. But I respect that they spent a bunch of time and energy trying to honor what they see as missing - especially when they needed to pick up a new craft in the process. I respect the old people who did things like that when they were young. Whether they led somewhere or not. We are paid well enough to do projects like this in our spare time. You’re right - that is a privilege. But I think it would be a loss for everyone if they don’t follow their impulse to do something with that.