CRDTs are the future
I'm going to come clean, I am a shitty software engineer.I'd like to have things like CRDTs under my radar to pull from when architecting technical solutions. But I don't.I have been coddled by the bullshit of "just-good-enough" web development for nearly a decade, and I feel like I will be haunted by it forever at this point.I WANT to employ mathematically proven solutions, but not only has it been 10+ years since studying computer science (and with it, the relevant mathematics) but I never even graduated.So here I am, another under-educated over-paid GED holding Rails engineer putting together shit solutions I know will eventually leak.So, having said all of that, is there hope for adding things like this to my toolbelt? And where do I even start? I feel like going back to school full-time is out of the question, because I have a life now. Maybe online classes? I'm curious to hear thoughts from people who maybe came from a similar pit of despair, or otherwise understand what I am talking about.It's just... sad to know enough that I produce less than optimal work but don't know enough to confidently prevent it from happening over and over and over again. Is this just the profession I have locked myself into?