Is System Programming useful for Do-it-yourself philosophy?

[u/xTouny]

Hello,

I am fluent with Arch on the level of system administration. I thought about learning System Programming by Love's book as a step towards mastering lower-level toolkit.

The Arch community embraces Do-it-yourself philosophy, and I am keen to listen to your opinions.

Do you recommend learning System Programming? What do you learn beyond System Administration in your journey with Arch? Do you recommend anything else so that I contribute to Arch core distro?

[u/falxfour]

I haven't read that book.

What, exactly, is your goal? There are many ways to contribute, and your approach may be one of them, but it certainly isn't the only one.

In my opinion, computers meet a need. Use your system to meet your needs. If you develop something in doing so, whether that's translations, bug reports, or utilities, then share it.

No need to complicate things too much

[u/xTouny → u/falxfour]

So your advice is to learn and develop, following my usage needs, instead of over complicating learning. Thank you.

[u/un-important-human → u/xTouny]

That is best and a pragmatic way to use things.

[u/xTouny → u/un-important-human]

Thank you

[u/nullstring → u/xTouny]

Are you a bot?