I feel similarly. At the same time, comparing oneself to one of the, what, top ten (?) hackers alive might not be a recipe for happiness.
Fabrice seems to know an insane amount about how computers work, knows all the CS stuff, has a tight grasp of all kinds of algorithms, great math intuition, and a lot of time on his hands to write OSS code. I bet he spent a lot of time learning the basics.
Fabrice seems to know an insane amount about how computers work, knows all the CS stuff, has a tight grasp of all kinds of algorithms, great math intuition, and a lot of time on his hands to write OSS code. I bet he spent a lot of time learning the basics.