Programming as a Craft
Read OriginalReflecting on a tech conference talk and a museum exhibit on weaving, the author draws historical and practical parallels between programming and traditional crafts like knitting and using Jacquard looms. They argue that programming is not an elite skill but a craft with transferable creative principles, using their own experience programming a lighting desk as an example to encourage more people to learn to code.
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