We all have only one shot at this life. This includes experiencing joy and, unfortunately, pain. It's all part of the mortal coil each living creature is bound but -- and most importantly -- is where you learn from your mistakes, grow, and become a better human. Machines can't do any of this because they don't have a conscience, long term memories, or a sense of time. The also can't see, hear, taste, touch, smell, or love in the manner as we do. They are great at augmenting your natural abilities and enhancing your strengths but terrible when outsourcing your own skills, thoughts, and wisdom. This is why being human -- first -- is so important to not erode what makes you special.

We fell in love with the Joy of the Craft at a young age spending hours, weeks, months, and eventually decades honing our skills to where we can move effortlessly in the language of our choice. Some of these hard won learnings and endeavors have been encapsulated in our Projects which also have been maintained for the same amount of time...but it's much more than this, because it's also our Drive which gets us up each morning, excited to tackle a new day's set of challenges. You can't replace the joy of building with you own hands and mind with machine prompts. The whole point of learning, growing, and being human is by puzzling through complex problems and persevering, via grit and rigor, with an elegant solution you are proud to stand by and share with others.

This is why we are devoted to being human first and the internal fire that drives us. This means a strong emphasize on Hand Crafted Code. We are also highly augmented but have zero tolerance for slopware as detailed in our Contributions. We are proud to build -- and maintain -- software with human skill and deep understanding.

Our endeavors are by humans, for humans!