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Ian Norton (he/him)
Ian Norton (he/him)
@idnorton@tech.lgbt  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

So in October this year it will have been 30 years since I started my undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Lancaster University.

It got me to thinking that I've been using vim and it's ancestors since around that time and it's something I still reach for every single work day even now in 2026.

Some 30 years on, I can probably count on one hand the technology things I still use every day, Linux, Vim, assorted GNU tools. For an industry that moves at break neck speed to jump at the next thing, that there's anything I'm still using is a mild surprise!

Do you have tools from your undergrad days you're still using now? Top five?

#ComputerScience #OldTimer #UndergradTools #Linux #Vim #GNU

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Paul
Paul
@pwaring@social.xk7.net  ·  activity timestamp 2 days ago

@idnorton Mutt (well NeoMutt now) for personal email, Thunderbird for work email, screen, irssi, and I still write Bash scripts.

But Docker, Git and VSCode have all come out since I left uni and I use them just as heavily.

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