It really was. I was excited about new tech back then, and what it could do for me.
Now? Everything has to be “smart” and tied to the cloud, pointlessly tied to a subscription, has to harvest data about me, and is generally working against me on all fronts.
At some point between the mid 2000’s and today, I went from a hardcore tech enthusiast to a quasi-Luddite.
Don’t forget AI is now the term for anything a computer does.
My ideal tech future is a log cabin, no electricity, in a self-sustaining farm deep in the woods.
Not to mention those old school CRTs were really terrible for the eyes
Don’t forget AI is now the term for anything a computer does.
That’s one of my biggest pet peeves when I’m interviewing new hires. They’ll say things like “In my previous position, I wrote bots for [business purpose]”.
Bot? No, you wrote a script. I realize it’s a matter of semantics, lol, but words have meaning.
- bot = script
- app = website
- ai = algorithm
- planet scale = message queue
- full stack = have access to stack overflow / gpt
- real time = eventually
- serverless = servers
- cloud scale = expensive servers
- functionless = slow servers, and functions
- stateless = stateful
- functional = side effects, everywhere
- dataframes = sqlite
Also in love with 90s tech aesthetics
There’s a channel who designed and made his own trackball controller from concept to prototype, and I’ve been really curious to try it since I saw the video. The thing looks like it came right out of a 90s video game ad
Share channel plz
There’s also the Ploopy, which is modern-oriented but a competent DIY trackball.
And don’t forget the Plumbus
