[auvrw]

> But the endless march of APIs is pretty tiring to me

i hear you on that one

> and I do everything I can to isolate myself from that.

but still, you can't stop thinking about design entirely. when a new ideally-pure-C-but-C++-if-you-really-need-stl library is ready to actually be put to use you'll have to put an api of some sort on it. hopefully that api will be informed by your use of other people's apis, both good and bad.

don't forget that the whole point of computers is that they're immediately useful. you can still do most of the math you want with a pencil, paper, and stack of books.