For a long time, living somewhere with slower or less reliable internet was a real, legitimate reason to assume tech work wasn't for you. Building software meant heavy tools, constant downloads, environments that genuinely needed a strong, stable connection to function at all.

That barrier has mostly disappeared for the kind of building that actually matters to someone starting out. Describing an app idea in plain English doesn't require a data center's worth of bandwidth. A basic connection is enough to get a real, working version back the same day.

This matters here specifically, since connectivity has always been one of the honest, real disadvantages of building anything from an island compared to a mainland city. That disadvantage still exists for some kinds of work. It doesn't exist anymore for describing an idea and getting it built.

The old excuse — not enough connection, not close enough to where the real tech happens — quietly stopped applying. What's left is just the idea, and the willingness to try it.