A engineer's ode to tech in 2013: stickers, kanban, and when Google was useful
vboykis · x · 2026-09-11
Engineer vboykis reminisces about the tech industry in 2013: laptop stickers, kanban, services named after Roman gods, Python vs Ruby debates, big conferences, a new GitHub, an open internet, AI meaning scikit-learn, Airbnb being good, and Google being useful. A nostalgia post that resonated widely.
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