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The programmer's lament
By David Wadler

Salon Technology's writers discuss the latest news in high tech and give their opinionated takes on the biggest technology stories of the week.

The programmer's lament: How one overworked, underpaid coder lost his health, his sanity and his faith in the dot-com dream.

David Wadler is the author of Coder on the Cross.

With music by Aphex Twin. Original interview by Amy Standen.

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