I assume by hackers here you meant software people--though I usually think of hackers as being apt at both. What would you have at a techshop for software? A

I assume by hackers here you meant software people--though I usually think of hackers as being apt at both. What would you have at a techshop for software? A cluster? Most of the tools you can get your hands on pretty easily nowadays...so I'm wondering what you're getting at.