The story of Max, a real programmer

It’s a fun trip down memory lane, but the real story today, the sadder story, is that there is no longer any use for simple little programs like this that scratch an itch.

They’ve all been solved 100x over by founders who’ve been funded on this site. It used to make sense to have a directory or cgi-bin of helpful scripts. Now it only makes sense as a bit of nostalgia.

I miss the days when we had less, could get less done in a day… but felt more ownership over it. Those days are gone.

There is still use for small niche programs. I host my own gif repository, a website for collecting vinyls and my own weather dashboard. I don’t expect anyone else to use these sites so they’re tailored to my user experience and it’s great.