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If you’re a programmer, you might think that the fiddliness of programming is a special feature of programming, but really it’s that everything is fiddly, but you only notice the fiddliness when you’re new, and in programming you do new things more often.
johnsalvatier.org • Reality has a surprising amount of detail
I am the programming equivalent of a home cook.
Robin Sloan • An app can be a home-cooked meal
The thing is, once it's clear what to do, the technical parts may be challenging, but they're pretty much achievable. What's really complicated is everything that happens before that. Before there's a working piece of software, a bunch of people need to communicate through different languages, since there are only humans in between the customer and... See more
Daniel Zacarias • It's Humans all the Way Down | Folding Burritos
Programming is magic:
You speak in an arcane tongue, incomprehensible to outsiders.
You manipulate forces infinitely greater than you.
A daemon comes along and ruins everything.
You speak in an arcane tongue, incomprehensible to outsiders.
You manipulate forces infinitely greater than you.
A daemon comes along and ruins everything.
Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition, The: Essays On Software Engineering
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