David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH)

And this can fund buying more phone lines and buying more modems and buying more Amigas.

Oh yeah, that was one of the demo parties.

These were amazing things.

All these CRT monitors.

Again, when I was 14, I don't understand fully why my parents allowed this, but I traveled from Copenhagen

the capital of Denmark, to Aas, this tiny little town in Jutland, on the train with a bunch of dudes who were like late teens and their 20s.

I'm 14 years old.

I'm lugging my 14-inch CRT monitor with my computer in the back to go to the party.

That was what it was called.

That was the biggest demo scene party at that time.

And it was exactly as you see in that picture.

Thousands of people just lining up with their computers, programming demos all day long, and trading these things back and forth.

It's kind of awesome.

Not going to lie.

It's a little ridiculous.

It's totally awesome.

And I miss it in ways where the internet has connected people in some ways.

But the connection you get from sitting right next to someone else who has their own CRT monitor, who's lugged it halfway around the country to get there, is truly special.

Because it was also just this burst of creativity.

You're constantly running around.