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title="High-level is the goal"
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date="2023-11-16T10:00:00-08:00"
description="Why “Handmade” means more than “low-level.”"
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name="Ben Visness"
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Head of the [Handmade Network](https://handmade.network). WebAssembly engineer at Mozilla.
"""
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#### Why "Handmade" means more than "low-level."

Why does the Handmade community focus so much on low-level programming?
What's the point? Do we simply reject new things to return to the good old days?
Or is there more than that? Let's dig into the current state of computing and talk
about what sets the Handmade ethos apart. 
