Comment by cj

21 hours ago

Double unlock.

In the mid 2000’s, I moderated a domain name discussion forum in exchange for free hosting. “X forum posts per month = x gb of bandwidth”

My goal was to post enough for them to give me WHM access so I could try to resell it.

Those were the days.

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dinkleberg  21 hours ago

Those were the days indeed. A big part for me is probably because I was a teen at the time with little responsibility, but getting to be a part of the wild west days of the internet was a magical experience.

  • cj  21 hours ago

    Magical indeed!

    I once mailed $70 cash (multiple months of allowance) to someone to code a MVP of something I wanted to build.

    They ripped me off and disappeared.

    And… that’s when I decided I needed to learn to code!

    • s-skl  20 hours ago

      Somewhere out there is a developer telling this exact same story. ‘I once agreed to build an MVP for a kid who promised to mail me cash. Never showed up. And THAT’S when I decided to get a real job.’

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