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There are also people thinking about what kind of software has lasting beauty and value. See e.g. The editor of a lifetime, The computer built to last 50 years, CollapseOS, uxn, Kartik Agaram. Given your software engineering background I'll take it for granted that you have seen at least a little of the Lisp tradition, and the "beauty at every scale" of Donald Knuth's work.
I will suggest that Baroque ornamentation was attached to things that were part of the function of the object, but you have hidden all the electronics that make your computer function inside its (yes, beautiful) case. Those electronics have an intricacy and a beauty all their own, even if their appearance is mostly dictated by function and cost. Maybe it's not what you're going for, but see for example the DISCIPLINE keyboard for an example of bringing the electronics to the forefront, and positioning them with attention to artistry and not only function.
I've never yet used kakoune itself, but I've just started using the Meow modal editing package for Emacs, which I'm told resembles kakoune to some similar extent as boon resembles vi.
I've never yet used kakoune itself, but I've just started using the Meow modal editing package for Emacs, which I'm told resembles kakoune to some similar extent as boon resembles vi.