As a chess engine author or wannabe what ...

[Mike Sherwin]

What is your age // 63
Are you actively coding right now // I'm trying
What is your goal // Realtime RL
How much time are you allotting each week // retired, so all I can give it
Expected time to complete goal // hopefully this year
How has the rewards for chess programming changed for you // chasing something new rather than elo
Anything else important concerning chess programming // Just my poor short term memory

[maksimKorzh]

Mike, what you do (and did before) definitely deserves the big honor.
The fact that you're still doing something despite the health issues makes you even more respectful.
Author's goals rely on author's skills/age/ideas/ambitions.
I respect you the most for not having any ambitions and just trying to do the best out of resources available to you.
This is very similar to what/how I'm doing myself.
I don't know about others but I enjoy reading your code and your posts are always full of wonder which makes very addictive to read through)
So definitely you ARE the AUTHOR, not wannabe.
This world deserves more authors like you IMO.

[Mike Sherwin]

Mike, what you do (and did before) definitely deserves the big honor.
The fact that you're still doing something despite the health issues makes you even more respectful.
Author's goals rely on author's skills/age/ideas/ambitions.
I respect you the most for not having any ambitions and just trying to do the best out of resources available to you.
This is very similar to what/how I'm doing myself.
I don't know about others but I enjoy reading your code and your posts are always full of wonder which makes very addictive to read through)
So definitely you ARE the AUTHOR, not wannabe.
This world deserves more authors like you IMO.

Maksim,
Thanks, you are very generous