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What Programming Was Like Before the Internet and Autocomplete

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A reflective piece circulating on Hacker News revisits the experience of coding during the 1980s. Programmers of that era had no access to online resources like Stack Overflow or AI-assisted autocomplete tools. Developers relied entirely on printed manuals, personal experimentation, and peer knowledge to solve problems. The post, which garnered modest engagement on Hacker News, highlights how much the developer workflow has transformed over four decades.

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