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Discovering Programming at the Darkest Point in My Life

by dvektor on 6/21/25, 7:38 PM with 9 comments

• by ChrisMarshallNY on 6/24/25, 1:28 AM

  I’ve heard many stories like this, over the years, as a result of some of the “extracurricular” stuff I do.

  I have also seen people come from nothing, go to obscene wealth, then end up right back on Skid Row again.

• by icameron on 6/24/25, 1:13 AM

  I’d like to hear the story on how you went from sleeping in your car to riding jet skis in Dubai by presumably playing the drug game, if you’re at liberty to blog about