> 25 years ago I got a job at a computer bookstore. We were allowed to borrow and read the books; so I read through all the language books, especially those with animals on the covers.

> 10 years ago I had a little language of my own printing hello world.

> Tonight this arrived:

https://twitter.com/graydon_pub/status/958192076209897472

> Well this little tweet blew up. Lemme expand: I made a prototype, then my employer threw millions of dollars at it and hired dozens of researchers and programmers (and tireless interns, hi!) and a giant community of thousands of volunteers showed up and _then_ the book arrived.

https://twitter.com/graydon_pub/status/958273133491904512

> (After Jim and Jason wrote it and like a dozen people reviewed it and a dozen others edited it and an army of managers coordinated it and PLEASE DESIST IN THINKING THINGS ARE MADE BY SINGLE PEOPLE IT IS A VERY UNHEALTHY MYTH)

https://twitter.com/graydon_pub/status/958273801376038912

> I love that this journey started with "borrowing" books; so fitting.

https://twitter.com/wastedintel/status/958339742776680449

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