Hacker Typer
You ever wonder how hackers in the movies type code so fast?
Okay, maybe it’s just me, but when I see programmers cranking out code on a TV series or a movie, I always wonder how they’re typing so much so fast. And, I’ll be honest, I wonder how accurate their code really is. So, I’m sure most people don’t really care about all that, but just assume all computer people bang away on the keyboard to churn out code. Hey, they probably don’t even notice what keys we hit at all!
Well, I’ve finally found out how Hollywood simulates what they think coding is like! It’s a site called Hacker Typer!
You go, open up the application, which looks like an old-school terminal, and just start banging on the keyboard. It literally does not matter what keys you hit! And, the app does all the work, producing line after line of what looks like decent, usable code. I actually have no idea if that code will do anything or not, but it looks good, and, in Hollywood, that’s all that matters.
So, what the heck, it’s Friday. Go hit that site and pretend to be a hacker!
[…] Okay, maybe it’s just me, but when I see programmers cranking out code on a TV series or a movie, I always wonder how they’re typing so much so fast. And, I’ll be honest, I wonder how accurate their code really is. So, I’m sure most people don’t really care about all that, but just assume all computer people bang away on the keyboard to churn out code. Hey,… Read More […]
Pingback by Hacker Typer | Use Your Words, another blog by J. K. Hoffman — 1/27/2012 @ 6:00 am
I must say that hollywood productions are placing alot of effort to make their shows relistic and sometimes far-fetched, but i love it. i remember a hacker movie. SwordFish.
Comment by melvin chan — 1/27/2012 @ 12:14 pm
Haha! I completely forgot that my personal e-mail signature included links to my blog! Glad you came to take a look, but all thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer, so don’t blame them for anything stupid I say here! =)
Comment by the Network Geek — 1/27/2012 @ 12:53 pm
How to be left howling, humbled and wholly befuddled in one breath.
https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat
I thought I was a fair to middling coder until I saw this.
~DJ
Comment by DJ Brown — 1/30/2012 @ 9:34 am