I have such immense respect for people who know how the bits are physically flowing through a machine. I took classes about it but I can't imagine doing that daily, it's so tedious.

You mean you can't just get Apple's driver to work on Linux by turning it off and on again enough times?

If you can’t get the Arduino lights to blink at this point I can only applaud your persistence

While I agree partially, want to mention that having someone to compare to is not as bad as it sounds. Its only bad if you think its unreachable and you give up doing anything. Sometimes you need a hero to look up and fight and dream about it, for the motivation. I think looking up to people like Alyssa's work is inspirational. In a similar way how I look up to those magicians who create emulators... but that is a different topic for another day.

What a wholesome comment

It all adds up ⬆️

... by yourself !?

You must be male