I grew up extremely curious of computers and technology in general, but none of the adults in my life had the same passion or education to guide me. Every time I tried to get into programming as a teenager on windows I would fall flat on my face as I found the process of simply setting up a dev environment disorienting. As we had a family computer, heavy tinkering was explicitly forbidden. If only someone could have shown me how to install a virtual machine and start toying around in a GNU shell!
Is anyone else reminded of the early 2000s internet with the state of Peertube instances these days? Like, obviously our technology is far more matured but when it comes to moderation and (lack of) recommendations it feels like I’m on early YouTube or Google Video for those who remember that. Most of my IRL friends don’t care for it, but I’m amazed how far these projects have come in such little time and how much opportunity there is to properly build community this time.
I’ve heard of that! I was told it takes a long time, that was honestly enough to discourage me.