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# Behind every piece of code, there's a human story
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I’ve developed a lot of open-source apps for Windows.
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Some came quickly, and many were discontinued just as fast.
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Most of my projects focused on fine-tuning, customization, and tweaking Windows.
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Many people on GitHub have asked why I’ve created so many apps, one after another.
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I’ve received a lot of messages about it, but I haven’t been able to respond — until now.
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My latest project is **CrapFixer**, and it’s meant to be the last one in this area, replacing everything that came before.
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I’ve slowly grown up — and so has this project.
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My answer to many of your questions is actually quite personal.
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As strange as it might sound: we’re all human. We all struggle, try to keep functioning, distract ourselves, and, eventually, heal.
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It took me a long time to heal after losing my mother a few years ago.
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For days on end, I just worked — really worked — and coded through countless nights.
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Every single minute, I needed a distraction.
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I only went to bed when my eyes simply couldn’t stay open any longer.
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Distraction was the only thing that mattered, no matter the cost.
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Sometimes, I’d drive deep into the woods, where no one could find me, hear me, or see me.
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I left everything behind — my worries, my grief, my life — until there was nothing left but me and the machine.
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I completely threw myself into programming as a way to escape and keep going.
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Many of my projects will never be visible here on GitHub; others you might know.
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There were times when I felt really low and had strange thoughts.
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Then I would look for a new distraction to keep from giving up.
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It went on like that for weeks, months, years — and now I’m here.
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Looking back, it’s kind of crazy: this project, **CrapFixer** — even though it didn’t really have a name back then — is *old*.
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Older than this story.
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It reminds me of a time when everything still felt right, when I was genuinely happy.
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Maybe it will outlive all of us. 🙂🚗
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I only truly understood life late in my 30s, but I never gave up.
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Coding may have even saved my life.
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I’m still here.
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And I have to admit: I’m also thankful — to Microsoft and the whole Windows platform — for being part of that journey.
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Don’t take life too seriously.
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Let people live.
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Everyone’s character is different; everyone just wants to live.
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A simple “hello” to someone you don’t know can work wonders.
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You never know what’s going on inside that person’s soul — or what they’re going through.
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Maybe that’s worth remembering:
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> **Behind every piece of code, every project, every bit of tech, there’s often a deeply human story.**
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> *“No matter how sophisticated computers get, there’s one thing that sets humans apart: They can do everything, but they can’t feel joy.
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> I can program a computer to play Beethoven, but I can’t program it to enjoy it.”*
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> — **Georges Dennis O’Brien**
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