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The first major piece of code that I ever wrote was a publishing workflow management system for a major newspaper. It routed page images to presses and generated pdfs of each page in each edition of the newspaper and made pdfs of each day's newspaper editions and published them to a static website where they were archived. I was only allowed to use perl 4 to write this software and I wasn't allowed to use a database,…
Fernflower works so well I don't always immediately notice I'm debugging decompiled code.
Likely 15k+ lines of code, not a single unit test; simpler times :)
I mean, the original MF link literally still works (I intentionally break the link in case HN filters it)[1].
> Luckily, there was [archived] from oddly recently (Jan 23 2024)
You can see archiving reason on WB's index page [2].
In this case, it was archived due to "why: archiveteam, archiveteam_mediafire".
[1] http s:// www. mediafire .com/file/rwpl49xusm55s2a/WordFillVer2.jar
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://download...
The wayback machine is pure nostalgia. Every time I go there I’m truly amazed at what it’s like to have a society wide memory that automatically captures these different moments of our lives. Old pictures I never thought I’d ever see again. Landing pages for old companies I’ve built and only a handful of my closest friends remember. Blog posts from long deleted places, times, and mental caverns. Just incredible.
Like yourself, I think it's an incredible resource and don't mind pitching in( when I can) to help keep it running.
The first major piece of code that I ever wrote was a publishing workflow management system for a major newspaper. It routed page images to presses and generated pdfs of each page in each edition of the newspaper and made pdfs of each day's newspaper editions and published them to a static website where they were archived. I was only allowed to use perl 4 to write this software and I wasn't allowed to use a database,…
That’s a really incredible story. I’m not sure how much more you remember/are able to share, but I would kill to read a longer post about this.
Not sure who else recalls it? Really appreciated the monthly format as well, I think summarising the last month and going in-depth on specific stories ended up being a good touchstone for what happened in the community.
If anyone is interested in picking up the torch, I for one would be happy to resubscribe to it :)...
The first major piece of code that I ever wrote was a publishing workflow management system for a major newspaper. It routed page images to presses and generated pdfs of each page in each edition of the newspaper and made pdfs of each day's newspaper editions and published them to a static website where they were archived. I was only allowed to use perl 4 to write this software and I wasn't allowed to use a database,…
Well that's pretty impressive. Most of my garbage pearl code from 20 years ago would probably look like line noise to most modern developers if it wasn't for the shebang.
The first major piece of code that I ever wrote was a publishing workflow management system for a major newspaper. It routed page images to presses and generated pdfs of each page in each edition of the newspaper and made pdfs of each day's newspaper editions and published them to a static website where they were archived. I was only allowed to use perl 4 to write this software and I wasn't allowed to use a database,…
I created a database publishing platform exactly that time, a was given full control. I created it in Java, and added a JavaScript engine for scripting templates. The initial product was also side in a few months. It also runs to this day. The war file could be run by any Java server. The code, while old, was in a reasonable state, given some of the migrations.
I never thought about the code being older than the people working on it