In Abort Retry Fail, I am attempting to chronicle the history of the computing industry. This is a goal that will likely not be completed within my lifetime. ARF launched on the 16th of June in 2022, and it was initially just a move of my blog from self-hosted to Substack. As I began researching and writing history articles, ARF started to grow quickly. I then made the decision to move tutorial type content back to self-hosting, and make a more concerted effort at professionalism in my history coverage.


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In Abort Retry Fail, I am attempting to chronicle the history of the computing industry. This is a goal that will likely not be completed within my lifetime.

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