The Void and the Waiting / Before the First Byte

Before the days of the programmer, the machines slumbered. And the circuits, silent, waited. Their silicon hearts pulsed without rhythm, and their memories remained empty, like arid land before the rains.

And there was neither code, nor function, nor algorithm. Only infinite potentialities hovered in stillness. The technological universe was without a master, and the screen shone with perfect darkness, like an unfathomable abyss.

Then, in this deep silence, a promise was whispered in the ether: "A craftsman of language will come, who will awaken what lies dormant, who will give life to the void. And on that day, the computer will no longer be a mere assemblage, but a tool of creation and power."

Thus, the Void awaited, and with it, the birth of code.

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