Tag: nostalgic

  • From BASIC to Modern Dev: My Path Into Programming

    From BASIC to Modern Dev: My Path Into Programming

    I’ve always believed that every programmer, coder, developer, and computer nerd has an origin story. Some people discover coding in a college course, some stumble into it through a job, and some — like me — were simply destined to become nerds from the start. My journey into programming began in the early 1980s, long…

  • Did Society Peak in the 1980s?

    Did Society Peak in the 1980s?

    Why the 1980s might be the best decade? Did society peak in the 1980s? Absolutely — and I say that with the confidence of someone whose first encounter with “Artificial Intelligence” was playing chess with a robotic arm from Radio Shack and a Nintendo robot named R.O.B. that helped you play Duck Hunt. The decade…