During a recent surf, I chanced upon this beast.
Thinking about compiling more such landmarks – an itinerary for fellow cyber pilgrims
Reviewing older codebases is an underrated exercise for software engineers
It’s a journey through the evolution of code, revealing the engineering decisions that moulded what we deal with today
Tracing the history of a project – understanding what worked, what didn’t, and how technical components evolved – has been a joy lately
Some-days, I wonder that I’m born half a millennia too late into this world given the extent of novel societal tendencies that I’m not fond of.
Although, the notion of Batman didn’t exist then, given a choice, I’d probably consider time traveling to an intellectually simpler life when much of what the present science and engineering entails was just beginning to be discovered and invented.
Research options then weren’t thresholded by who’s packing heavier compute but rather open to all that could observe patiently and portrayed the will to ask, sceptic-ize and act according to their whims.
