my approach to software engineering is like that character from an anime, you know the one, she’s in a lot of anime

you walk into her workshop and it’s full of tools and unfinished projects randomly lying wherever there was free space, and you can tell she lives, works, and sleeps there

she’s sitting on the floor loosely cross-legged, taking apart a strange contraption of some sort, hears you come in and twists around to greet you. she’s wearing a lab coat over a skirt, either a uniform or just a random skirt paired with a random shirt, slightly messy white hair

you tell her what you need fixed and she gets a sparkle in her eyes, says “i’ve never seen one of these before!”, goes and fetches an unsettlingly large wrench (you have no clue what she’ll use it for but you know it’s the only tool she’s going to use today) and shoos you out so she can get to work. you come back a day later, it’s ready for you, and you daren’t ask any questions