[kmfrk]

I think the people I have the most respect for are the people who master cross-browser CSS going back to IE7.

Is there another equivalent when it comes to a somewhat popular technology where quirky fixes are actually the main part of the work process?

[tjarratt]

Integrating various python modules/ruby gems that all monkey patch over each other?

ducks

On a more serious note, the closest equivalent I can think of is porting games to work on windows, linux and mac platforms. You would have to have a good understanding of the entire renderer, any main event loops and physics, as well as experience in writing very low level code on all those platforms.

[grayhairmomma]

Yes, this would be very challenging. Making games cross-platform is not the typical GUI app out there, and is not the sort of app I was thinking about on my blogpost.