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I definitely dreamed of more powerful computers, but working using libraries that wrap libraries that wrap libraries (and on and on) and never needing to think about the hardware was not something I really anticipated. There’s something nice about working with hardware and software that calling it LARPing feels dismissive. Arduinos are fun in a similar way and aren’t medieval.

dismissive? I think maybe that's your attitude to LARPing? I think LARPing is great fun! Nothing wrong with it, going back to period where things were different, less technology but still interesting skills involved to do things we take things for granted these days.

It is just nice to switch modalities and make things simple. 6502 is a sweet spot of capability and simplicity for me.

It's amazing how far we've come in raw computing resources available on a desktop in 40 years.

Check the 2018 video of an Atari 8-bit emulator which can run 182 apps simultaneously (no idea what CPU is powering the box):

http://www.emulators.com/xformer.htm#XFORMER10

"Grass is greener on the other side."