RandoCalrandian

Me suspects the latter

Every problem looks impossible until you see the solution, and then it was obvious the whole time.

The feeling never goes away, instead you do what some other commenters have suggested:

• pick a project
• get it building locally so you can fix something
• pick a bug from the list
• get to work. Understanding what to write means understanding what the solution is, which means understanding the problem and the scope of it, what parts you can fix and what not. This process is more akin to going on a nature hike than painting the view, but people always seem to assume coding is more like the latter.

Tbh, you will likely be able to eventually solve any bug, given time and effort. Reaching out to discord groups in the language or product domain when you have questions will speed the process up.

Believe it or not those are all solved problems

The largest blockers to implementing them for voting are no longer technological, they’re political

We can absolutely cryptographically verify your voting choice from your phone, and have you and everyone be able to verify when it changed, where, on what device, etc, while also preserving the anonymity of the voter.

(Edit: while also making it far easier to combat fraud by making elections trivial enough to go “ok, everyone go check and resubmit your choices!” And immediately validate the majority of the votes as valid, minus those who don’t have internet access who would still need to travel)

Problem is, there are a lot of very powerful organizations who would suddenly lose much of that power if voting were in any way convenient and accessible to everyone.