For many of us, the journey started with machines like the Commodore Amiga or the Amstrad CPC. These weren’t just computers — they were creative playgrounds. The Amiga brought demoscene artistry, pixel graphics, and soundtracking magic. The Amstrad CPC taught programming basics, memory efficiency, and hands-on experimentation. Constraints made us creative. Every byte mattered.
Every line of code taught a lesson. Today, we code with powerful tools: Blazor for interactive web apps, ASP.NET Core for back-end logic, Entity Framework Core for database access, SQL Server for persistent storage, and Tailwind CSS for modern responsive styling.
The machines have changed, but the thrill of building, debugging, and experimenting is timeless. Exploring retro computing alongside modern .NET development teaches performance awareness and efficiency, strengthens problem-solving skills, encourages creative experimentation, and gives context to why modern frameworks work the way they do.
The “bedroom coder” mindset — coding for love, curiosity, and experimentation — thrives across eras. On this blog, you’ll find deep dives into Amiga and Amstrad systems, retro programming experiments and hardware restoration, tutorials for Blazor and .NET MAUI, C# best practices and real-world project examples, and late-night experiments that push boundaries.
Whether you love floppy disks or cloud deployments, The Bedroom Coder is a space for learning, nostalgia, and hands-on coding.
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