Re:Ask HN: What sparked your interest in programming?
by winrid on Sunday March 10, 2019 @08:41PM
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It started with fixing them. Family didn't have a lot of money so I'd get old Pentium 3 machines for free (around time core2duo was popular) while in middle school.
I'd put Linux or Unix on them and play free games like Wolf:ET.
Linux because - was shopping for Windows on Ebay and found Ubuntu 6.04 cds.
Had to learn basic bash. Coding started from there.
Internet wasn't the best, so I setup my own squid proxy, then web servers, etc. By HS I was writing code for fun and profit.
I'd put Linux or Unix on them and play free games like Wolf:ET.
Linux because - was shopping for Windows on Ebay and found Ubuntu 6.04 cds.
Had to learn basic bash. Coding started from there.
Internet wasn't the best, so I setup my own squid proxy, then web servers, etc. By HS I was writing code for fun and profit.
All thanks to some old Pentiums. :)