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> just hacking nights and weekends for 2 years straight?

Yes. Believe it or not, the primary author of the ARM translation engine used in the other major Switch emulator is a medical doctor ("IRL white mage", as she sometimes puts it).

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Con Kolivas, a well-known Linux kernel contributor and hacker, is an anesthesiologist [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_Kolivas

> the primary author of the ARM translation engine

Could you share more info about this?

They're probably referring to dynarmic: https://github.com/merryhime/dynarmic

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