Computers

Robert J. Brotherus

Excel-revolution at Steel Factory in 1989

I got my first paid job as software developer at age of 16 in the summer of 1989. This was at the time in history when Personal Computers...

Robert J. Brotherus

Why do I like Programming so much? 🙂

Programming is like building with LEGOs but with infinite number of blocks and lightning fast servant to perform the repetitive parts of...

Robert J. Brotherus

From imperative C64 programming to functional-reactive style

Comparing the programming style of my 1987 Commodore 64 Basic Roulette-game to a modern functional-reactive re-implementation with...

Robert J. Brotherus

Developer experience in 1987 with C64 vs modern tools

Earlier I was introducing the old Commodore 64 "Ruletti" game I wrote in 1987 and the new Ruletti-reframe webapp-version I made with...

Robert J. Brotherus

Ruletti re-born after 34 years

I re-created my small Commodore 64 game with modern technologies to get a stunning reminder of how much the available technologies have...

Robert J. Brotherus

Blast from my Commodore 64 Past

The little programs and games I wrote for VIC-20 and later Commodore 64 in the 1980's were eventually all lost. All, except one: A small...

Robert J. Brotherus

From a Product company to a Consulting company

How I learned that what matters to me is using my skills to write meaningful software with good people - not what legal entity ultimately...

Robert J. Brotherus

Why so many languages?

Hundreds of programming languages have been born and died during the decades since 1940's. Some created by comitees, many by lone heroes,...

Robert J. Brotherus

Humble Beginnings: the VIC-20

How the right gift at the right time started my life-long interest in programming My grandfather Robert Siegfried "Oppe" Brotherus was a...