I Was There When The Ancient Keyboard Was Forged

Legacy code Tech nostalgia Keyboard shortcuts Tech history Future tech Alt+f4 Old programmers Browser refresh
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I Was There When The Ancient Keyboard Was Forged
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When some Gen Alpha kid in 2064 tries to explain Alt+F4 to you like it's revolutionary tech... Listen here, youngster. I've been refreshing browsers since before your parents were born. I've witnessed the birth of keyboard shortcuts, survived the IE6 era, and debugged code on dial-up. Alt+F4 isn't just a command—it's a relic from an age when we had to trick interns into closing their work with it. The ancient keyboard arts weren't taught; they were suffered through.

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