Random Blip - Oct 7, 2025

Had a late-night hang with an old friend, which led to some common thoughts that I consider to be worth sharing

Most of what I work on or care about is so far from what others tend to focus on that it’s usually easier not to bring it up. The gap feels too wide, and the conversation never seems to go anywhere.

There’s rarely anyone in my circle who shares the same interests, and, unsurprisingly, the few who might are often in similar situations. Frankly, most people don’t really care about which specific issue you traced down to some obscure logic in a module, no matter how interesting the process was for you.

Puzzles like this are really only interesting to those involved in solving them. There’s no tangible result to show, no (visible) success to be proud of. Everything just returns to the status quo.

I do have a tendency to surround myself with people that have niche interests, no matter how far off they are from my own. Not because I would engage in whatever their passion is, but I’m drawn to the way they talk about what they care about. Listening to their enthusiasm, reading their thoughts, it’s like watching someone get lost in a world of their own.

I appreciate those fleeting moments when I meet someone else who’s been swimming in their own deep end.

Please stop configuring your repositories to automatically stale and close issues, thanks!