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What if we’re also settled on the current handful dominant OSes, mobile platforms, and hardware manufacturers?
I’d argue that, if that’s the case, we’re better off. That was an interesting time, but it’s time to move up the stack and mess around at higher levels.
”What technologies are geeks pioneering today? - Marco Arment
For me, my days of tinkering and messing with computer hardware ended when I bought my first Mac Mini.
There was a wave of realisation that actually using a computer to create things was actually a lot more interesting.
I felt like I’d already reached the epitome of well designed hardware. There’s no way that I could ever attain the style and build quality of a Mac Mini, no matter how long I tinkered.
