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The story of Max, a real programmer

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129 points surprisetalk | 2 comments | 30 Jun 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.408s | source
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chbkall ◴[03 Jul 25 13:02 UTC] No.44454592[source]▶
Reading this reminds me of the era which was envisioned will happen when I was in college (which was not long ago) - individuals and societies building their own independent custom stuff (both hardware and software) with the power of computers in everyone's hands. I am sure that is still happening in small pockets but most of the 'stuff' we use are built by large mindless corporates on which we have almost no control - and who prioritize profits over well-being of the employees and the community.

I don't know for sure what the problem was (I have my theories) and why could we not get there where most people build their own custom products.

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1. rswail ◴[03 Jul 25 13:25 UTC] No.44454817[source]▶
Who said you can't do that now? This article is about apache and php and a single script. You can do that today.
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2. chbkall ◴[03 Jul 25 16:45 UTC] No.44456922[source]▶
Oh the point wasn't that we can't do it now. The point is that not enough people choose to make their own custom software and the systemic reason behind it.