2026-07-27
I wanna be an assassin, I don't wanna write code. Ugh
Disclaimer
- personal
- target audience - strictly myself
- This is yet another rant post, also I maybe wanna figure out why I am procrastinating on my work.
Main
- A lot of the stuff I wrote in the motivation section of the "I am looking for a cofounder" doc is actually more conducive to becoming an assassin than a hacker. Especially the "kill or be killed" mindset.
- Becoming a great hacker requires you to be actually curious about how internals of various systems work. Like, how does the kernel manage memory, how does the EVM compiler work, how does HTTPS get implemented if you look at raw packet captures, and so on.
- I am curious about these things but not thaaaat curious.
- There is something about actual physical violence that is a very satisfying to the limbic system in a way that staring at solidity code is not.
- I think the key emotion missing here is curiosity. I need to be more curious about how internals of these systems work. I will become all-powerful if I understood it, so this might motivate me? Let's see.
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