Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"

I do hope they enjoy it.

I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work.

Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant as well.

Would I take up farming? probably not. Would rather become a water mill owner? hell yeah.

I knew a few developers who went that route, and they were glad the did, so hope he enjoys his life.

If first few were in the late 80s, back then it the trend where I lived was Pizza Shops in areas that were growing fast. The ones I knew that jumped were happy they did.

edit: fixed typo to happy

I remember back on box.sk network knowing a young guy who was extremely bright. He could pick up anything from programming to genetics. But I also remember him feeling burnt out in his early teens and taking a break from all things computer.

Really made you think about those brilliant minds out there and how they work.

I wake up every morning, stare at YAML, and think this.

Good luck to them.

To me the most interesting thing about this is that his github history shows he really gave up in 2021, with almost no commits since then.

I don't know enough of the context of these repos, their significance or ongoing use, but it feels weird to return just to archive en masse. I think it might actually be the least worst option - leaving it open as if you might return gives a false sense of the project, and passing to a successor is a lot of work.

We really put a lot on the heads of solitary people with the open source model.