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Hm I think you are answering a different question than what I was asking. I was asking more that if any "smart non-programmers" like optometrists these days st
by chubot 9y ago
Hm I think you are answering a different question than what I was asking.
I was asking more that if any "smart non-programmers" like optometrists these days still write custom software to run their business? Or if in the era of Windows/Mac/Linux, it's too complicated to do so. The stack is too high, you have to remember version 0.8 of this or version 0.9 of that.
I assume he could do it with Tandy computers because things were simpler in those days.
To me, the appeal of programming was always to play god and make things exactly how you want them.
But more along the lines of what you're talking about, my former boss runs a retro-computing site/company, for example:
https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/ https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/
It's more hobbyist than commercial. But I imagine there are a few commercial uses.
- bungie4 9y agoI like this. I've been writing code since the 80's and doing it professionally for decades. I'll say this, Nothing is Easy Anymore. By that, I mean writing code is easier than ever with the tools and capabilities available today. But you spend proportionately more time trying to fix those most obscure shit. To quote Judas Priest: You can hang a left, or hang a right. The choice is yours to do as you might, but your just backseat driving if your hands ain't on the wheel.