Justin C
John MastodonWho knew when I started writing the Mastodon code on a piece of toilet paper in the 80's that it would become such a success?
Matt Campbell@JohnMastodon So, you mean, you were writing Ruby on Rails code before Ruby existed?
Hazardius π‘π‘π‘ π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ@matt @JohnMastodon First versions of Mastodon were written in Assembly. It was later rewritten in Ruby as one of the first projects to do so.
Chaos
Inspired@JohnMastodon You did, you're just being modest! It was already halfway to ChatGPT but you wanted to give the rest of the soon-to-be-born internet time to catch up.
nathan@fosstodon:~$
γ·γ₯γ¬δΊΊ@JohnMastodon Anyone remember when John Mastodon said 'It's Mastin Time"? And then he masted all over everyone.
Paul Meighan@JohnMastodon John Mastodon knew, thatβs who.
SpeakerToManagers@JohnMastodon
Who knew toilet paper was executable?
Who knew toilet paper was executable?
fparri@SpeakerToManagers @JohnMastodon clean code on toilet paper, that's serious code skills.
Matt@SpeakerToManagers @JohnMastodon it just happened to be dimensionally compatible with the paper tape system at the computer labs, but less prone to breaking.
Pit mit "Klatsch"@JohnMastodon
Sounds realistic.
I'm still using parts of a math-lib I wrote in 1984 when I was 17. The draft was made on paper while not following boring school-lessons... π
Sounds realistic.
I'm still using parts of a math-lib I wrote in 1984 when I was 17. The draft was made on paper while not following boring school-lessons... π
Literary Pug@JohnMastodon Please tell me it was Charmin.
StatusSquatter 
π«@JohnMastodon i #jhonmastodon im your son
Vladimir Vukicevic@JohnMastodon man the rest of us just scroll TikTok on the toilet!
Paul Marrow@JohnMastodon I thought it was on the back of an envelope. Wasn't there much less memory then? π€ π€£