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That - and the fact that you may be used to radically more modern clients than my family seems willing to nurse.

I’ve got a dude with an OLPC. And another with an HTC One M8. A third with an Android 8 flip phone.

“Hey- you know computers. Make us a Google Maps.”

“Just…buy a modern phone.”

“No.”

“…”

Anyway, it was fun and I wanted to do it. So I did. I only ever write code under four circumstances

  • you’re my kid and you ask me to do something impossible
  • you pay me
  • it’s fun
  • sheer spite

That list may or may not be ordinal.

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That - and the fact that you may be used to radically more modern clients than my family seems willing to nurse.

I’ve got a dude with an OLPC. And another with an HTC One M8. A third with an Android 8 flip phone.

“Hey- you know computers. Make us a Google Maps.”

“Just…buy a modern phone.”

“No.”

“…”

Anyway, it was fun and I wanted to do it. So I did. I only ever write code under four circumstances

  • you’re my kid and you ask me to do something impossible
  • you pay me
  • it’s fun
  • sheer spite
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That - and the fact that you may be used to radically more modern clients than my family seems willing to nurse.

I’ve got a dude with an OLPC. And another with an HTC One M8.

“Hey- you know computers. Make us a Google Maps.”

“Just…buy a modern phone.”

“No.”

“…”

Anyway, it was fun and I wanted to do it. So I did. I only ever write code under four circumstances

  • you’re my kid and you ask me to do something impossible
  • you pay me
  • it’s fun
  • sheer spite