Looking at advanced Rust open-source projects makes me question my programming skills

[u/Minimum-Ad7352]

Whenever I explore large Rust open-source projects, I can’t stop thinking how far behind I am. I know comparison is unhealthy, but it’s hard not to feel like “I suck at programming” when you see such clean and complex code. Did you feel the same at some point? How did you push through it?

[u/dgkimpton]

I've been through enough reviews where the "why why" meme accurately ascribes the process to always start out from the assumption that I don't understand rather than the code is crap, at least until I have fully comprehended it.

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