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Re:Ask HN: What sparked your interest in programming? by stebbins on Sunday March 10, 2019 @07:16PM (#19355371)
Wow, this throws me back. I had the same exact experience. Now I'm back down memory lane thinking of that forum drama...

The RuneScape botting scene was so strange. It was a really interesting subculture to be a part of. If you were ever active on JH, we probably have seen each other's posts...

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Re:Ask HN: What sparked your interest in programming? by che_shirecat on Sunday March 10, 2019 @11:52PM (#19356523)
An different but related scene was the RSPS (Runescape private server) community that created replications of the game with a reverse-engineered client. Developing private server code was my first experience with programming and with backend software problem spaces like networking, concurrency/event handling, etc.
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