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It's a lovely way to think about artistic creation, including music. The title says it all, but I enjoyed listening to Brian Eno, his mention of cellular automa
by lioeters 5y ago
It's a lovely way to think about artistic creation, including music. The title says it all, but I enjoyed listening to Brian Eno, his mention of cellular automata, and how he considers the Gardens of Versailles as an ultimate expression of anti-nature, asserting complete human control.
It made me wonder how this may apply to software, where we consider ourselves "engineers" and "architects". Can production-worthy software systems be developed by "gardeners"? Did Linus Torvalds architect his operating system, or grow it?
- mbrock 5y agoChristopher Alexander's work, see for example "The Timeless Way of Building", affirms that genuinely good architecture must also be a kind of gardening.