From translating tech news at 4am to coding: one dev's 14-year-old origin story
ludwigABAP · x · 2026-09-28
Developer ludwigABAP shares his origin story: at 14 he ran a "tech blog," waking at 4-5am to read American tech news sites, translate them, and add his own take—earning pennies from ads plus free gear he resold.
Around the same time he wrote paid game walkthroughs: publishers sent a Wii game plus $100-150 for a step-by-step guide. Since he typed fast and wanted to play the games anyway, he'd resell them too—technically employing his mom, since he was too young to get paid. From 15 to now, his job became "the guy who codes or wrangles people who do that."
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