The best way to predict the future is to invent it, but firs... - Ryan Dahl

"The best way to predict the future is to invent it, but first you need to understand what came before."

Ryan Dahl History

Software Engineer American Born 1981 (age 45)

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"I wanted to create something that was really simple and elegant."

"Node.js is an experiment in an alternative way to build web servers."

"The biggest mistake we made with Node.js was the module system."

"I think the web should be simple."

"I've seen a lot of things in my time."

"That's how we archaeologists tell time."

"We must learn from history or be doomed to repeat it."

"Every artifact tells a story."