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herval on Oct 27, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: How 'Factorio' seduced Silicon Valley and me

People say the same thing about Sudoku. Or any video game (historically claimed as a hobby that creates coders, just because many coders liked computers at an early age, I suspect)

JoshuaDavid on Oct 27, 2024 [–]

Liking video games sometimes leads to modding video games, and modding video games is a gateway drug for "real" programming.

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