From selling FIFA CDs at 14 to wrangling coders: one dev's scrappy origin story

ludwigABAP · x · 2026-09-28

AI dev ludwigABAP (47k followers) shares his origin story, skipping past stints as a "petty thief," reseller, and FIFA CD flipper. At 14 he was a "tech news writer" making 4-5 page websites for small dentist offices; from 15 on, he became "the guy who codes or wrangles people who do that."

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