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1. deepakhj · 1789788907 · focus · HN ↗

   Crazy to find my old handle listed in the appendix. I was staff on a couple of the top-ranked FTP sites in the US and Europe at the time.

   Seeing this sent me down a rabbit hole through the old Net Monkey Weekly Reports. I found interviews, arguments, and stories I had completely forgotten about. My memory of that period is pretty hazy now, but competing at that level was a lot of fun. I never really did it for the software.

   I eventually had to quit so I could finish school, and unfortunately I lost touch with almost everyone.

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   1. 0123456789ABCDE · 1789808396 · focus · HN ↗

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