From punch cards to prompts: a history of how software got better

Ryan welcomes Darko Mesaroš, Principal Developer Advocate at AWS and all around computer history buff, to chat about history of software development improvements and how they made developers made more productive. https://stackoverflow.blog/2025/08/27/from-punch-cards-to-prompts-a-history-of-how-software-got-better/

Created 8h | Aug 27, 2025, 6:40:05 AM


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