I think often about the course of history in computing, and find myself in awe of our accomplishments as a community. It's innovation at a rapid pace, to say the least.
Have you ever wondered just how much is possible due to the work those that came before you? Think about something as seemingly mundane as text encoding. The design of Unicode is something of genius.
Or take, for instance, the PDF. A document format that pre-dates the rise of the Internet and still thrives to this day. The PDF reference is itself a PDF. How meta is that?!
This is why I love building in public. Because it connects people accross the world through a common interest in improving the status quo. So, maybe on this holiday, think of one thing you take for granted in the computing space and dig a little bit into its history. You may find inspiration along the way.
Happy coding!
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