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I think the statement after that just pertains to the art and visuals of the browser. As a musician who doesn’t have art/design skills, I can understand the pain of building something but not having the skills to make it look good visually (i.e. album cover art and promotional materials).
EDIT: Nevermind, I misread your comment. Yes, they could’ve just said “I code everything myself”.
EDIT 2: For those replying there’s still Mozilla code in there, yes I’m aware. I was implying the code specific to Waterfox.
I don't think they could say "I code everything myself", because the code base still comes largely from Mozilla, which he has no direct control over. I can see how it would come across as non-commital, but I probably would have worded it the same way.
Forks usually keep some code from the original project