I only got an LJ after I turned 16 and my parents let me have (limited) internet in my room. Before that, I was messing around with locally hosted websites, custom desktop themes, DOS, and the BIOS.
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I spent hours tripping around BIOS screens, trying out key combos and menu options. No manual to guide me. I felt like a techno spy.
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And now I touch kernels and networks and work to provide a stable platform for millions of old and new techno spies.
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If you're disappointed with your progress, go further back.
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A lot of techies have habitually taken to shitting on entry points to the technology world that women have often preferred. Wonder if it's correlated at all...

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This talk really resonated with me as a woman who spent my youth making websites for
#SailorMoon webrings, but couldn't see myself working as a developer until I'd already gotten a development-adjacent degree.https://www.sachajudd.com/one-direction/ - 1 more reply
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This is why when I teach teen girls how to code, instead of getting them to open up something like codeacademy I get them to open up the edit theme thing in tumblr
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It’s so much better when they’re customising something they actually care about
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Awww. Glad my bad UI helped you learn!
I wish I could say it was more intentional. I did occasionally argue that people aren't dumb and it's okay to give some nerdy knobs and escape hatches. -
Fun story: LJ wanted rounded corners before CSS let you do that. So we had to use images. But we wanted user custom hex colors. So I made our HTTP server Perlbal modify GIF palette table on the fly then sendfile the rest. Later we tried Akamai for a bit & destroyed their caches.
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Yes, I'll read the book and watch the movie
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I used to make lots of layout graphics, icons, banners, process documentation, etc for my favorite communities. LJ helped me code an old design, AND was my first open source community... All while making me feel safe and included. I'll forever stan

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I recently found the post I wrote on LJ about figuring out how to edit the code and write html. Also a Stan.
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Who the hell shits on LJ? It beats our current options imo
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Agreed. I found it a much more social social network... met lots of nice folks on there back in the early 00s.
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I have long standing friendships from LJ and IRC. Way different vibe back then far more open and accepting that’s for sure.
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Really wish I could get everyone to move back to LJ or at least an LJ clone but it never happens...
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