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After reading the article I don't get the author's problem or the proposed fix.

• randomsearch 8y ago
  An ironic answer would be, yes that’s his point. I think the problem is: Programming is designed for and by a small group of programmers who enjoy making it difficult. The solution is to create industrial societies / institutions / guilds etc. who can encourage a transition away towards simpler and more accessible programming approaches.
  • AstralStorm 8y ago
    Please describe some of those "more accessible" approaches and I'll probably tell you that they are already here and/or have already failed. Otherwise the idea is completely not constructive.
    • randomsearch 8y ago
      I'd say your comment is not constructive: you're asking me to name all the solutions, otherwise my observation has no merit? I'll expand a little. Let's take a single example: developing a single page web application. To know how to do that, I need to learn HTML, CSS, JS Frameworks, web pack or whatever. Linters, preprocessors, package management .... Contrast that to building flash app where a designer could use a GUI to produce a beautiful interactive app in no time at all. Yep, we all hated Flash, but in terms of accessibility to creators, it was beautiful compared to the mess we've made. A little off-topic but good for perspective: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKXe3HUG2l4
      • randomsearch 8y ago
        Also, pretty much anything Bret Victor has done. e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4&t=11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4&t=11s
      • lkschubert8 8y ago
        Aren't you then asking for a WYSIWYG editor or a CMS that includes something like that? Many of those exist and are suitable for a lot of web development. You step into the lower level for customization that is difficult or just flat out not implemented in the higher level tooling.