The linked article requires a medium account to read, so it stops mid-litany of computer embeds. I'll just share that when I was using my Imsai 8080 to do work

The linked article requires a medium account to read, so it stops mid-litany of computer embeds. I'll just share that when I was using my Imsai 8080 to do work stuff with instant turnaround, I suggested to my boss that he get something like a TRS-80, to learn about computers ( not just programming, which the mainframe let you do ) "before they become too complex to understand at all" ... which they did. ( Raspberry Pi? ) The language part did get easier and way more interesting, as discussions here have demonstrated. :-)