Code is Just — The Compiled Edition

A record of the British home computer revolution — and my place in it.

First told live on Twitter in 2021, now compiled, complete, and yours to keep.


Code is Just began as a live Twitter thread in 2021.

I didn’t plan it. I didn’t edit it. I just wrote, line by line, as the story came.

It was my record of the British home computer revolution of the early 1980s — and my place in it. What started as a list of old credits became something else: a story about justice, survival, and finding a voice through code.

The thread took on a life of its own. It was shared widely, praised by broadcasters and developers, even optioned for TV. But what many people asked for was a clean, complete version of the whole thing.

This is that edition:

– Compiled and lightly edited for accuracy

– With added images and footnotes for clarity

– Preserving the immediacy and rawness of the original

Pay whatever you want — including free.

If it resonates with you, you can support my work by naming your own price. If not, take it anyway.

At its heart, it remains what it always was:

Code doesn’t lie.

Code doesn’t cheat.

Code is just.


Click “I want this” to download — free, or name your price.