A short story from the pre-development of Electric/Hyperfiddle. I was sitting at a table with Rich and Dustin after Conj in Philly. Dustin was trying to explain some of these (still hypothetical) ideas to Rich, and Rich was just too tired from the keynote to really follow along. He wasn't dismissive, but just didn't seem to get the Big Idea. Many people would have taken that as a sign and possibly dropped the idea.

Not Dustin though, if anything he seems to have doubled down and sought to prove the ideas with working libraries. Here we are years later with a growing community and excitement about this real working software.

Bravo Dustin for having the strength to stay the course. You knew you were on to something way back then, and haven't lost sight of it.