I am starting to think these origin stories are comms to signal who is a cabal insider. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Disney, Hewlett-Packard all started in garages? Michael Dell started out selling computers out of his trunk?
The garage stories also gain support from people. It fooled us into believing these were just kids that developed something major, we spread the word and now it's a monstrosity.
When it first started, the internet was fun. Programming was done on notepad. People experimented and played. Info was shared freely.
Now it's boring. Plug in bloated WordPress to get a cookie cutter site to push crap no one wants or to collect your info for car warranty scams.
I've actually taken a liking to JetBrains Rider for .net... the .net platform is decent, and with some of the new .net Core stuff, I like it for web/REST backends, but could not stand needing to use Visual Studio.
It's generally been a much more enjoyable experience, much less buggy, much faster. I use the Vim plug-in. Rider also has a Windows Forms designer for when that comes up.
Didn't know it existed until a colleague mentioned it, and was impressed.
I am starting to think these origin stories are comms to signal who is a cabal insider. Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Disney, Hewlett-Packard all started in garages? Michael Dell started out selling computers out of his trunk?
Here’s an Inc. article (archived) highlighting garage startups: https://archive.ph/oqeKJ
Edit: Not to mention they always come from affluent and connected families.
The garage stories also gain support from people. It fooled us into believing these were just kids that developed something major, we spread the word and now it's a monstrosity. When it first started, the internet was fun. Programming was done on notepad. People experimented and played. Info was shared freely. Now it's boring. Plug in bloated WordPress to get a cookie cutter site to push crap no one wants or to collect your info for car warranty scams.
I've actually taken a liking to JetBrains Rider for .net... the .net platform is decent, and with some of the new .net Core stuff, I like it for web/REST backends, but could not stand needing to use Visual Studio.
It's generally been a much more enjoyable experience, much less buggy, much faster. I use the Vim plug-in. Rider also has a Windows Forms designer for when that comes up.
Didn't know it existed until a colleague mentioned it, and was impressed.