after ... building it, ... they’ll understand the whole. While I agree that understanding is a motivation and that building it does help, as your ideas become

after ... building it, ... they’ll understand the whole. While I agree that understanding is a motivation and that building it does help, as your ideas become more complex, just being able to code it does not mean that you understand it perfectly. My coding thrills are for understanding, for automation, and for impact (including the childlike-joy of just seeing something happen when I do something). For me, the PC is an experimental lab. I can quickly test my hypotheses; and get fresh data, which inspire new hypotheses. The PC is a means, not an end.