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You say it like pointing out an obvious problem is hard to do. Programming is a very complicated activity, and of course it can be improved. Anything can be imp
by avindroth 6y ago
You say it like pointing out an obvious problem is hard to do. Programming is a very complicated activity, and of course it can be improved. Anything can be improved. There is no doubt about that.
The question is whether it is easy to improve.
Writing good software is hard. You say it like programmers have ego, but you know what is better than ego? Money. People would lay down their ego to make money (by making a more user-friendly app).
But clearly it’s hard to write good apps. If you try any graphical programs you would see that it sucks. You default back to the terminal and vim because it’s better. I choose what works, not what gives me pride because this is work not hobby.
- user-the-name 6y agoI write code for a company worth hundreds of millions every day, with a world-class user rating. I don't use the command line at all. I CAN use the command line. I know very well how to do it. I have done it for decades. But when I program for iOS, I don't need it. The tooling is good enough that I never need to. So I don't. There's no reason this couldn't be the case for other environment too. There's nothing magical about iOS other than that Apple actually values developer convenience and put the effort in that others are unwilling to do.
- xenocratus 6y agoThis reminds me of the timeless quote: > Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. You can take that either way :)
- imtringued 6y agoYou can just start up Eclipse or Visual Studio (the original) and have the exact same experience. That's how I started with Java and zero Linux knowledge. What you are really complaining about is the fact that nobody is there to shout in your face that these options exist.
- user-the-name 6y agoCan you do that for node.js, like the person in the linked article wants to use?
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoI haven't used it but https://glitch.com https://glitch.com looks like it's what they want.