The Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything

Those things are not just questions, they are accusations. And, unfortunately, they do not stop.

Every piece of software becomes a TODO list. Every system becomes a scaffolding for a better one. Every inconvenience becomes an indictment of inaction.

I believe sometimes building things is how we self-soothe. We write a new tool or a script because we are in a desperate need for a small victory. We write a new tool because we are overwhelmed. Refactor it, not because the code is messy, but your life is. We chase the perfect system because it gives us something to hold onto when everything else is spinning.