Re:Ask HN: What sparked your interest in programming?
by frosted-flakes on Sunday March 10, 2019 @05:23PM
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AutoHotkey[0], which is a phenomonally inconsistent and bizarre yet simple scripting language for Windows that lets you hack together pretty much anything. I knew nothing about programming and was just trying to do something simple with it (I don't remember what), and failing until I dove head first into the docs.
The I discovered the forums, which had a lot of healthy discussion at the time. I remember contributing to a clipboard manager written in AHK called Clipjump[1] that I still use to this day (great concept, not so great implementation). This was when I was in high school in the early 2010s. From there I got a lucky break when I was hired with no prior experience for a PHP4 scripting job, and then on to greener pastures from there with JavaScript and Python.
The I discovered the forums, which had a lot of healthy discussion at the time. I remember contributing to a clipboard manager written in AHK called Clipjump[1] that I still use to this day (great concept, not so great implementation). This was when I was in high school in the early 2010s. From there I got a lucky break when I was hired with no prior experience for a PHP4 scripting job, and then on to greener pastures from there with JavaScript and Python.
[0]https://autohotkey.com
[1]http://clipjump.sourceforge.net/