Wizard Level

Yesterday I watched an FFmpeg podcast video Link where someone mentioned writing assembly on his phone while watching his children at the playground. As someone who doesn't really care about the hype that programming is already solved, I really like it.

I'm currently learning how to write proper assembly in RISC-V in order to understand the entire computer — because writing CRUD no longer makes me happy. A robot can write it two or three times faster than I can. I can read assembly, but when I look at complex C code and try to convert it into assembly, I still feel like I suck at it.

I don't know whether this is desperation or determination, but I'm forcing myself to keep writing assembly until I reach wizard level