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Meh. Many coders don't know how transistors work, and they can still be productive. If many "young coders" don't know how their code work but can solve more pr
by jxjnskkzxxhx 2y ago
Meh. Many coders don't know how transistors work, and they can still be productive.
If many "young coders" don't know how their code work but can solve more problems faster, is it really a problem?
- tdeck 2y agoSure it's a problem if that code ever needs to be fixed or maintained. Or if it irreversibly alters data in a way that the "coder" didn't understand or intend. If it's a prototype or some kind of one-off with limited side effects, I guess there's not much risk.
- Rury 2y agoWell, it's hard to solve a problem you don't understand right? When a problem fundamentally lies in a domain no one understands, how will it ever be fixed or solved? Best you can do is paper over the problem in some way, or somehow get randomly lucky.
- blooalien 2y agoThe problem isn't knowing how transistors work (although in the old days, you often did learn something about that in the process of learning computers), but rather not even knowing how basic code structure works at all, or simple required math, or logic. Not knowing the absolute basics of code and then thinking you're a "coder" because you can blindly copy/paste code without understanding it on any level is straight-up dangerous.