<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Philosophy - Tag -</title><link>https://pallid.dev/tags/philosophy/</link><description>Philosophy - Tag -</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en</language><managingEditor>MichaelRT@pallid.dev (Michael Riesberg-Timmer)</managingEditor><webMaster>MichaelRT@pallid.dev (Michael Riesberg-Timmer)</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0600</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://pallid.dev/tags/philosophy/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Software Engineering is My Creative Outlet</title><link>https://pallid.dev/posts/swe-is-my-creative-outlet/</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:01:00 -0600</pubDate><author>MichaelRT@pallid.dev (Michael Riesberg-Timmer)</author><guid>https://pallid.dev/posts/swe-is-my-creative-outlet/</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>I&rsquo;ve never considered myself a &ldquo;creative&rdquo;. I&rsquo;ve gone as far as to identify as the opposite.
I don&rsquo;t really know what the word for that is but I always said I was a &ldquo;computer guy&rdquo; and
the tangible &ldquo;arts&rdquo; just weren&rsquo;t for me. I knew since the 6th grade that my career was going
to involve <em>something</em> with computers. There was just a way that my mind connected with
computer interfaces that felt so much more natural than anything else in the world.
Everything else I tried just felt&hellip; Unintuitive.</p>]]></description></item></channel></rss>