With the recent announcement of the standalone Ladybird browser project, I’ve had a moment of realization that piqued my inner self and probably can be called a moment of realization for me.
I’ve known SerenityOS project for a while, and once in a while I just randomly watched Andreas video updates and livestreams every once in a while.
In particular, what amazed me was that SerenityOS has its own culture for creating things from scratch.
Quoting from Ladybird’s website:
…, the browser uses various libraries from the SerenityOS project, which has a strong culture of writing everything from scratch.
And what piqued me was the fact that I (myself) naturally am doing this culture a ton of times. Those feelings are raging especially when facing new codebases.
Why?
From my own perspective, starting things from scratch is a slow but sure way to understand a thing as a whole. It sure does take a ton of time (like seriously a ton) and persistence. But, the benefits (believe it or not) are often times outweigh its cost.
A lot of people are probably would disagree with this culture. And that’s fine. I also realize not every project is suitable for this approach. But from my limited experiences, often times it’s a really good bargain.
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