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• @AmenZwa@mathstodon.xyz 2026-09-09 13:15

  @benjamingeer@piaille.fr Ah, my beloved 6502….😍 Handwritten programme is now a lost art, mate; permanently, irretrievably lost, I fear. The thing I miss most keenly of the old days is the “comprehensibility” of it all, both hardware and software. Even a kid, with an adequate amount of humility and a modicum of effort, could learn enough to become functional. And in the presence of clean designs, abundant documentation, and local gurus, anyone determined enough has multiple paths to success. Today, complexity is revered, but comprehensibility derided. “Any child can understand that!” is now a common put-down in design reviews. @dougmerritt@mathstodon.xyz @vnikolov@ieji.de @rk@mastodon.well.com @ed1conf@bsd.network @mike805@noc.social @thalia@discuss.systems

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