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  "title": "In the early 2000s I learned to code writing AIM \"progs\" in VB6: punters, clone loaders, bots. Archived the screenshots + source here: https://github.com/seven305/aim-progs-archive Anyone else learn by poking at AOL?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/in-the-early-2000s-i-learned-to-code-writing-aim-progs-in-vb6-punters",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-31T22:03:15.000Z",
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  "summary": "GitHub - seven305/aim-progs-archive · GitHub Contribute to seven305/aim-progs-archive development by creating an account on GitHub. github.com",
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