for a series of reasons i happened again upon this appraisal of my mid-2024 regex experiments from Pip Cet on emacs-devel: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2024-08/msg00164.html
this is perhaps the kindest thing anyone has ever said to me in my entire life. consider especially:
Do you have commit access yet?
do i have commit access to emacs upstream yet? you're asking me if i have achieved a major life goal as if it were a mere formality? as if it wouldn't be the most heartfelt copyright assignment in human history? i just wish the fsf still required a physical signed statement on paper through the mail so i could bind a part of my self into that transmission of mutual trust
literally tagging this #selfesteem to find later. i don't care about anyone else's appraisal of my work. emacs-devel loves me and wants me to succeed