[aznjons]

The drive of the hacker is to solve problems and find novel or efficient solutions to problems and the tools used to solve those problems.

It's not surprising that this can be taken to the extreme as we strive to continually optimize our tools, which are especially flexible since they are spun out of almost pure abstraction.

A healthy dose of perspective is helpful to reminds us that at the end of the day we solve problems and make cool things.

Though dealing with poorly designed man-made abstractions can be frustrating, we are fortunate to have the opportunity to improve our tools and environments and it's especially incredible how collaborative the effort is (open source) compared to some other industries.