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For as long as I can remember, I’ve been obsessed with tech history.

Not just the dry release notes and dusty textbooks, but the forgotten stories — the whispers of brilliance and dialup tones from basements, labs, and garages. The audacity of Xerox PARC’s visionaries, the tenacity of ARPANet’s architects, the sheer genius of those who unlocked the achievements at Bell Labs — these tales aren’t just relics of the past, they’re fuel for the future.

That’s why I built f0lkl0r3.dev. It’s intended to be a living archive, a space to keep these anecdotes close and to share them with you. Here, you’ll find the struggles, the triumphs, and the raw ingenuity that laid the groundwork for everything we take for granted today: everything from object-oriented programming, to GUI-based operating systems, to email. These aren’t just stories; they’re conversations across time, offering invaluable lessons for the problems we face today and the solutions we’re building for tomorrow.

f0lkl0r3.dev is an invitation to explore, to be inspired, and to remember that the code of the future is written on the shoulders of giants. Join me in unearthing these hidden gems, and let’s see what sparks they ignite in our own journeys. The past whispers, and the future’s being built in real time - let’s make sure to listen.

Claude Shannon, John McCarthy, Ed Fredkin, and Joe Weizenbaum