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The author is fiatjaf, the dude who originally published nostr.
Start with bash, it's the scripting language for a Linux terminal. If you don't use Linux already just grab an old flash drive, burn a live iso from Ubuntu.org and burn it to the flash drive using Rufus.
Its worth the effort, coding changes your methods for approaching life