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> Nerds just can't wrap their heads around this idea: no normal person wants to be a programmer. I'm coming to the exact opposite conclusion: A lot of people b

by mhd 4y ago

> Nerds just can't wrap their heads around this idea: no normal person wants to be a programmer. I'm coming to the exact opposite conclusion: A lot of people benefit from programmin a little. Which, at the time when VB came out, was a very popular opinion. Still enough computers around with BASIC as their interface. User-focused databases like dBase. Spreadsheets. VB was a bit in the uncanny valley between "professional" and user-focused programming, which is the main source for most negative opinions about it. I still think that more end-user programming is the right choice, but now that our software runs on someone else's computer or is completely walled off due to manufacturer choice or language cruft & learning curves, we've got our own little priesthood. I don't believe that "AI" will change this, but we would certainly deserve it.

runlaszlorun 4y ago
Agreed. I’m working on something to try to get back to that. But I’ve been bumbling through so many diff ideas that who knows if it’ll ever see a launch, let alone adoption. I think it’s fair to ask power users to come up a little to become a programmer, but then they get a much better system to their liking. I feel like there’s so much unnecessary complexity these days in different JS frameworks, CSS approaches, build and dependency systems, etc.
mixdup 4y ago
>> Nerds just can't wrap their heads around this idea: no normal person wants to be a programmer. >I'm coming to the exact opposite conclusion: A lot of people benefit from programmin a little. These are actually the same thing. There's a difference between having a little power to shave off the rough edges of your computing day as say an inventory specialist for a warehouse and being a kernel developer People benefit from a little bit of programming ability, but they don't want to be programmers Just like people benefit from being able to change their own oil but don't want to be mechanics

by mhd 4y ago

runlaszlorun 4y ago

Agreed. I’m working on something to try to get back to that. But I’ve been bumbling through so many diff ideas that who knows if it’ll ever see a launch, let alone adoption. I think it’s fair to ask power users to come up a little to become a programmer, but then they get a much better system to their liking. I feel like there’s so much unnecessary complexity these days in different JS frameworks, CSS approaches, build and dependency systems, etc.

mixdup 4y ago

>> Nerds just can't wrap their heads around this idea: no normal person wants to be a programmer. >I'm coming to the exact opposite conclusion: A lot of people benefit from programmin a little. These are actually the same thing. There's a difference between having a little power to shave off the rough edges of your computing day as say an inventory specialist for a warehouse and being a kernel developer People benefit from a little bit of programming ability, but they don't want to be programmers Just like people benefit from being able to change their own oil but don't want to be mechanics