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what it was like writing code in the 90s
Apr 23 at 12:20amWeb
Show threadSlightlyCyberpunkApr 23

@i0null Huh, I would have thought more would have changed since then!

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Show threadFritz AdalisApr 23
@i0null @catsalad
What it was like writing code in the '80s
Show threadCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠Apr 23
@FritzAdalis @i0null Visio, pre-alpha
Show threadTexas TechnicianApr 23

@FritzAdalis @i0null @catsalad

That actually looks useful. I find flowchart programs to be a pain sometimes.

Give me a sheet of A0 and some graphite

Show threadMichael JessoppApr 23
@i0null you mean the late 1900's, right?
Show threadHacker MemesApr 23
@ppossej these days decades seem like centuries
Show threadan actual busApr 23
@i0null @ppossej *these years
Show threadkwayk42Apr 23
@i0null it was a simpler time back then
Show threadDavid NashApr 23
@i0null To be precise, the “90s” here were the 1890s. By the 1990s, at least 30% of programmers had switched to vim or emacs instead of the quill pen.
Show threadToni AittoniemiApr 23
@i0null I bet he’s drawing application design diagrams 🙂
Show threadTinaApr 23
@i0null You've been coding for React in the 90s?!
Show threadPush PullApr 23
@i0null Are you shure you need the useEffect() here?
Show thread🪨Apr 23
@i0null I didn't know React was this old
Show threadDaniel QuinnApr 23
@i0null I love that font! What is it?
Show thread-rbApr 24
@i0null that’s not vi!