Hi, and welcome. Sagit Software is the company I set up to showcase and publish my projects. My background is in programming, and my current fascination is making games.
I chose the name for a few reasons:
- The word “sagit” is commonly found in French, meaning “about” or “on”, as in “about software” or “on software”.
- It’s also short for Sagittarius serpentarius, the Latin name for the secretary bird. The logo shows its distinctive head feathers in profile.
- And it’s really hard to find an available .com domain these days.
When I write code, I often think back to the origins of the profession. Programmers are literally encoding a message for an audience to enjoy over and over. Writers did the same before us, and before them, scribes and calligraphers. I admire the medieval scribe and their discipline. They spent hours on illuminations that mostly just made the page beautiful. Why the extra effort? I suspect people respect skilled work, and the worth of a finely illustrated manuscript is obvious at a glance. Not everyone could read back then, but anyone could enjoy a good illustration.
In that light, the value of an endeavour is tied to the craftsmanship and tenacity that go into it.
Enterprise
/ˈen.tə.praɪz/, noun
A design of which the execution is attempted.
Oxford English Dictionary
I came across this definition, one of many, in a talk by Kevlin Henney. It surprised me at first: an enterprise isn’t defined by its outcome, but by the idea and the attempt. In fairness, starting a new project often feels like jumping head first into the unknown. The tools are complex, and at first you’re mostly on your own. Getting past that takes courage, which I think of as the quiet driving force behind creativity: daring to move forward whatever the outcome, without being afraid to fail. To me, a flawed experiment that actually got made is worth far more than a masterpiece nobody attempted.
In short, I’m a scribe with a keyboard, and this is where I publish my attempts.
If you have an idea you’ve been putting off, I hope you give it a go.
Yours,
