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Really, because I feel like "craft" and "art" are highly subjective terms. How is the iterative process of creating perfect code any different from the iterativ
by ythl 10y ago
Really, because I feel like "craft" and "art" are highly subjective terms. How is the iterative process of creating perfect code any different from the iterative process of sculpting the perfect sculpture?
Haven't you ever looked at a code or software project and gotten that distinct feeling of awe that arises in you when you realize you are looking at something high quality, something that required real craftsmanship to make? That is art.
It most recently happened to me when I discovered Vue.js. As a diehard angular user, Vue was just so clean, so simple, so beautiful - a breath of fresh air in a warzone of competing monolithic javascript frameworks.
- AndrewDucker 10y agoThat's amazing craftmanship you're admiring. Art has no function. Craft has function.
- panglott 10y agoOr rather, art's primary function is expressive or communicative, while craft has other primary functions.
- dragonwriter 10y agoThe primary function of art (it may have others, but this function is what defines it as art) is to create a response in the person experiencing it; it is not without function.
- ythl 10y agoCan't craftsmanship have artistic flair? The result of creative emotional expression while crafting?
- MrZongle2 10y agoSo architecture cannot be art?
- return0 10y ago> Art has no function. Can you name an art piece that has no function?
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