It landed in my inbox three years ago as a comment on an old forum post about Linux kernel debugging. No profile picture. No signature. Just the raw, monospaced text: – salixk0lesar .
May your latency be low, your branches flexible, and your wheels true. salixk0lesar
In Latin, Salix is the genus for the willow tree. Willows don’t break in the storm; they bend. They grow near water, in the liminal space between solid ground and the flood. They are the first to turn green in the spring and the last to let go of their leaves in the fall. It landed in my inbox three years ago