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I see a couple of Bret Victor videos here, but the one I loved the most was "The Future of Programming": https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954

I see a couple of Bret Victor videos here, but the one I loved the most was "The Future of Programming": https://vimeo.com/71278954 https://vimeo.com/71278954 Really set me on a path of re-examining older ideas (and research papers), for applications that are much more contemporary. Absolute stunner of a talk (and the whole 70's gag was really great). "What would be really sad is if in 40 years we were still writing code in procedures in text files" :(

CarlsJrMints 10y ago
I really liked the message of each generation of programming considers the next "not real programming". It makes me reconsider the pushback against node-esque micro-packages: http://www.haneycodes.net/npm-left-pad-have-we-forgotten-how-to-program/ http://www.haneycodes.net/npm-left-pad-have-we-forgotten-how.... Maybe this is just the next logical evolution of programming.
AKrumbach 10y ago
Came here to give the same answer. Between "Future of Programming" and the Mother of All Demos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJDv-zdhzMY) I find it mindbogglingly depressing that it feels so much like the entire programming field has stagnated for the last 40+ years, re-implementing the same [flawed? limiting? incorrect?] ideas over and over.