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🎙️ NEW EVERYDAY <HEROES/> EPISODE ALERT: Ever had a keyboard so bad it made you switch careers? Meet Hayden Barnes, the lawyer-turned-tech-pioneer who did exactly that! From courtroom to command line, Hayden's journey is the tech plot twist we didn't know we needed. Now he's the mastermind behind Pengwin - the $10 Linux distro that caught Microsoft's attention and changed the game for Windows Subsystem for Linux. 🔥 In this episode, discover: • How a frustrating butterfly keyboard launched an entirely new career path • Why it's time to bring back paying for open source (party like it's 1999!) • The inside story of becoming the "Microsoft guy" in Linux and the "Linux guy" in Microsoft • Plus: An unexpectedly intense kitchen gadget trivia showdown 🍴 Fun fact: The same multiple-choice mastery that helped Hayden pass the bar exam made him suspiciously good at our trivia. Coincidence? We think not! 🤔 📚 Check out Hayden's book "Pro Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)" and follow his double-agent adventures: X: @UnixTerminal Bluesky: Unixterminal.bsky.social GitHub: @SirRedBeard ⚡ Powered by @HeroDevs - Because someone has to keep your end-of-life software from becoming end-of-world software. (Remember folks: Never underestimate how much a bad keyboard can change your life!) Check out the episode today. Full Episode in the Comments! 

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