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I have mad respect for Andrew (burntsushi). I use ripgrep everyday. Thank you for the awesome tool. Anyone who uses VSCode also uses it since it powers the underlying search.

I made some issues asking for some enhancements and was kindly denied. I like this. It tells me the project is focused. Well I liked it because I got a proper response within 48 hours. Most projects just have things laying there forever.

Andrew, if you’re reading this. How do you manage your time to get so much time to write OS code? Also how do you make enough money to be sustainable ?



Thanks for the kind words! :-)

> How do you manage your time to get so much time to write OS code?

I don't think there's any secret to it. I just love it, so I wind up _making_ time for it. And my life circumstances allow for it.

> Also how do you make enough money to be sustainable?

I work in Cambridge, MA on stuff mostly unrelated to FOSS. I'm very fortunate to live in a location where salaries for engineers are pretty good.




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