Otto's 40 Years-Plus In Computing

2026-08-05

🖥️ Otto’s Journey: From VIC-20 to PlebWare

Every great journey begins with a single spark. Mine started with a humble Commodore VIC-20, where curiosity grew into a lifelong passion for programming, electronics, and solving problems.

Through decades of learning, setbacks, engineering, Linux, and open-source development, that passion evolved into PlebWare—a philosophy of practical, privacy-respecting, self-hosted technology built for real people.

This comic celebrates a lifetime of perseverance, proving that while the tools may change, the determination to build, learn, and create never does.

“My tools changed. My purpose didn’t.” — Otto Brinkmeier