I feel that way about the VAX robotic production systems I used to program in the 80s. 64-bit machines with massbus interconnects, positional intelligence multiprocessing logic based on bird flocking behavior… but the thing is, today’s computers are cheap. I build mine from discarded garbage, they cost nothing but time.
I enjoyed the article for a lot of reasons and I hope my children look back on their “engineer’s engineer” dad with as much fondness some day.
