In a time before computers were widespread, When coding was a new and daunting task, We sat and stared at lines of code all day, Trying to make the machine do our bidding, But oh, the hardships we faced back then.

We battled bugs and glitches all night long, Our fingers cramped from typing on the keys, Our eyes strained from staring at the screen, But still we pressed on, driven by our dreams, To make the machine bend to our will.

But oh, the hardships we faced back then, With no Google to search for our answers, No Stack Overflow to guide our way, We had to figure it out on our own, And oh, the hardships we faced back then.

But still we persevered, day after day, Until at last our code was running smooth, And though the hardships may have weighed us down, We never let them keep us from our goals, And oh, the pride we felt back then.

So here's a toast to all the programmers, Who've faced the hardships and come out on top, We may have struggled, but we never gave up, And though the road was rough, we made it through, And oh, the hardships we faced back then.