@Koffietje@social.linux.pizza2026-01-27 03:01:46
@karlailona@mastodon.social Ooh, same! vBulletin was my jam! The federation aspect really does make it feel like “a bunch of little forums”, but more convenient.
Also did some HTML and CSS in the past, before falling out of it, but then rediscovering the joys of programming as an adult!
If you ever need someone to learn Dutch with, let me know! (Finnish always seemed like such a daunting language to me… 😅)
@tomkalei@machteburch.social2026-02-15 09:05:33
Following the links you get to something called Perlisisms which are tiny poems from Alan Perlis. Here are 120 of them:
https://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html
8. A programming language is low level when its programs require attention to the irrelevant.
95. Don't have good ideas if you aren't willing to be responsible for them.
(I'm guilty as charged)
110. Editing is a rewording activity.