Ask HN: Was programming more interesting when memory usage was a concern?

I got into doing programming professionally around 2014, which was way after memory and stuff was really much of a concern for 99% of all applications seemingly. I always do look enviously at back when you had to figure out sort of bootstrappy ways to solve problems due to inherent limitations of the hardware instead of just sitting there gluing frameworks together like a loser. Am I wrong or was programming just way cooler back then?
Story Published at: April 2, 2023 at 08:08PM