I feel like honestly these days it's very hard for a similar story to happen. Software and computing is both much more sophisticated and locked down that you ca

I feel like honestly these days it's very hard for a similar story to happen. Software and computing is both much more sophisticated and locked down that you can't just open something and flip a bit and fix the world's problems. Modern software is too complicated. That aside, cheap programmers are a dime a dozen assuming you even need one. No used car salesmen need a custom hacker, they'll just buy quickbooks and pay up the wazoo for subscriptions or whatever. That said, it probably hasn't been ever easier for kids and young people to pick up programming in general.