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Broken Scholar (alittleodd) on Nostr: I've had moments where I've pulled rabbits out of hats in hobbyist hacking and ...

I've had moments where I've pulled rabbits out of hats in hobbyist hacking and adjacent areas, ones that feel like "I made the world a little bit better".

My problem is how other people can do it so much more frequently, or the scale of it is so much greater. I think I've been living with imposter syndrome for half my life by now, a lot of it probably by proxy of being told I was "gifted" or "talented" as a kid. I recognized how trivial and simplistic some of that praise was in the moment, even.

I don't quite have a predisposition to magic, but I do love my allusions to it. The most fitting quote for it all, more broadly speaking for myself...

*Ever the dull alchemist, I have before me all the neccesary elements. It is their combination that eludes me.*
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