In a way, coding can be thought of as two distinct things. One: coding is a way to play around with ideas, equivalent to a back of the napkin calculation, a di

In a way, coding can be thought of as two distinct things. One: coding is a way to play around with ideas, equivalent to a back of the napkin calculation, a diagram in the sand or a pencil sketch of a part. We use code in this scenario more as a way to write down our thoughts and process. But rather than writing in just pure English and writing an essay or a set of Todos, we write more detailed "specs". "Do this three times or until this value is zero" is also written in code and perfectly understandable in code too. Two: code is used to run by a computer to produce an outcome. In this case, the back of the napkin sketch IS the part but more thought out. Society is so used to there being two material objects between the "plan" and the"final product" that we forget that code is different. With code, the plan and the final product are of the same form. Of the same physical space.