Yeah, "hack" has the old unfortunately sense of someone who doesn't know what they're doing. And certainly "hacking something together" i.e. "jerry-rig" has been around a long time.
I first learned of "hack" and "hacker" in the positive sense when a HS friend of mine went to MIT and learned about the various hacks done there.
4 posted on 03/03/2021 1:49:18 PM PST by dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")