My exposure to programming dates from when rocks were soft, and programmers boasted of hours spent ingesting too much caffeine and bashing their heads against the wall.
Contributing code that generates real-world interaction is thrilling, indeed! (I witnessed a colleague demoing a copy-protection scheme that made the 5-1/4" floppy drive self-destruct, with bonus smoke.)
Pair programming sounds like a wonderful way to create stuff that actually works. It started out complex, and got clearer and easier to use as we worked on it. is the Platonic ideal of any project.
(Your work will be used by millions of people. Thank you! We had identity theft in the family last year, and had to interact with IRS's subcontractors from a previous Administration, and it started out complex and got worse.)
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Thanks for a fascinating answer!
Date: 2023-12-21 12:28 am (UTC)My exposure to programming dates from when rocks were soft, and programmers boasted of hours spent ingesting too much caffeine and bashing their heads against the wall.
Contributing code that generates real-world interaction is thrilling, indeed! (I witnessed a colleague demoing a copy-protection scheme that made the 5-1/4" floppy drive self-destruct, with bonus smoke.)
Pair programming sounds like a wonderful way to create stuff that actually works. It started out complex, and got clearer and easier to use as we worked on it. is the Platonic ideal of any project.
(Your work will be used by millions of people. Thank you! We had identity theft in the family last year, and had to interact with IRS's subcontractors from a previous Administration, and it started out complex and got worse.)