There is definitely some creativity involved in programming tasks, and meticulous calculus when writing fiction as well. Deciding how to structure your code is

There is definitely some creativity involved in programming tasks, and meticulous calculus when writing fiction as well. Deciding how to structure your code is half logic and half aesthetics, the fact that we spend a large chunk of our time refactoring, i.e. switching around pieces of code so that the code does the same thing is a testament to this. More broadly, I feel like "X is like Y"-type articles are somewhat of a Rorschach test. Things we are experienced at are by definition things we spent a lot of time doing. It's inevitable one will try to self-reflect and draw parallels.