CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@BoydStephenSmithJr @mdreid this is absolutely my standard reply to this

@scy @fesshole continues to be "The straights are not okay"....

@pdcawley @ilmari Current gig we're still using it! Along with nginx and varnish.... Gotta catch them all....

@morix I kinda miss working with Exim

SSH is a good one!

@pdcawley Apache is a good one, missed that off my list!

Also bash!

So in October this year it will have been 30 years since I started my undergraduate degree in Computer Science at Lancaster University.

It got me to thinking that I've been using vim and it's ancestors since around that time and it's something I still reach for every single work day even now in 2026.

Some 30 years on, I can probably count on one hand the technology things I still use every day, Linux, Vim, assorted GNU tools. For an industry that moves at break neck speed to jump at the next thing, that there's anything I'm still using is a mild surprise!

Do you have tools from your undergrad days you're still using now? Top five?

#ComputerScience #OldTimer #UndergradTools #Linux #Vim #GNU