The Geek Code is a classic internet artifact created by Robert Hayden in 1993, designed as a way for geeks to concisely express their personalities, technical skills, and lifestyle choices through a series of encoded letters and symbols. It functioned like an early version of a social media bio, often appearing in email signatures and Usenet posts to categorize everything from operating system preferences to social skills. While the code has become mostly obsolete with the rise of modern social profiles, it remains a nostalgic symbol of early hacker culture and the 1990s internet. Users today use the format to mock the complexity of tech jargon or to pay homage to the era of BBS and terminal-based communication.