Typewriters to Tokens: Why Software Engineering's Dirty Secrets Endure
Terminals haven't budged in 60 years. AI tokens? Just shiny distractions from the real grind of coding.
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GW-BASIC Kids vs. Copilot Coders: Who's the Real Engineer?
Twenty-six years ago, a kid built real software with GW-BASIC—no AI, no Stack Overflow. Today? Most devs couldn't code without them. But who's really winning here—the coders or the tool makers?
BYTE, Dr. Dobbs, and the Magazines That Made You Type Your Own Code
Ever type 500 lines of BASIC from a magazine? Those 70s and 80s tech magazines like BYTE and Dr. Dobbs forced real learning. Here's the cynical take on what we've lost.