[cartoonworld]

At the time hacker meant informal programmer, among other things. “I’m hacking on my book review website” “I’m hacking on a desktop filesharing app.” Those hackers sometimes got a nice swing at it and this place has indeed always been a finance-friendly venue for these nerds to commingle.

It’s 2025 and things move along. People still post their file sharing tools here, but yeah I agree that it does hit different now.