i really need to write that blog post about my experiences growing up poor (and doing better now but still not enough) and how much it hurts to just exist as a broke person in the tech world
i don't usually say this stuff on bsky but it really means a lot to me that developers and etc recognize that end users are so often unable to use good hardware/systems for *years*. my childhood was a cycle of $150 windows 8 laptops that crashed and died after a year of use lol...