Eugen Minciu
@eh-ooh-gen.com
Maybe it wants you to know when we're cooked?
May 7, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Maybe it wants you to know when we're cooked?
Visual editors (so much software is forms-and-tables), importing and exporting data for interop, formulas, nesting using folders, Apple’s Shortcuts, everything games give you for modding
May 2, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Visual editors (so much software is forms-and-tables), importing and exporting data for interop, formulas, nesting using folders, Apple’s Shortcuts, everything games give you for modding
This is eerily similar to how you might coach a junior engineer in this scenario.
February 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is eerily similar to how you might coach a junior engineer in this scenario.
Smalltalk is great but it still feels very much like capital P Programming
January 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Smalltalk is great but it still feels very much like capital P Programming
Sure! I’m thinking of spreadsheets for example. You open someone else’s spreadsheet, change a few numbers, computation happens. You go one level deeper and change a formula. Now you’re programming! The activation effort is so low so millions of people get to program without even knowing it.
January 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Sure! I’m thinking of spreadsheets for example. You open someone else’s spreadsheet, change a few numbers, computation happens. You go one level deeper and change a formula. Now you’re programming! The activation effort is so low so millions of people get to program without even knowing it.
Something I wish the Xerox PARC folks had done differently was to focus on media you could program, moreso than programming as a medium (and simulation)
January 19, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Something I wish the Xerox PARC folks had done differently was to focus on media you could program, moreso than programming as a medium (and simulation)
2. Big platforms and endless open source work to build on. That means anyone who wants to make something is incentivized to reach for what’s already on the shelf. The barrier to entry is a lot higher.
January 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
2. Big platforms and endless open source work to build on. That means anyone who wants to make something is incentivized to reach for what’s already on the shelf. The barrier to entry is a lot higher.
A couple of thoughts.
1. As apps became the dominant metaphor for interacting with computers they started to baloon in size and feature set. They leaned in on what OSes offerred. Programmers either decided or were forced to play it safe and use the “tried and tested” stuff.
1. As apps became the dominant metaphor for interacting with computers they started to baloon in size and feature set. They leaned in on what OSes offerred. Programmers either decided or were forced to play it safe and use the “tried and tested” stuff.
January 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A couple of thoughts.
1. As apps became the dominant metaphor for interacting with computers they started to baloon in size and feature set. They leaned in on what OSes offerred. Programmers either decided or were forced to play it safe and use the “tried and tested” stuff.
1. As apps became the dominant metaphor for interacting with computers they started to baloon in size and feature set. They leaned in on what OSes offerred. Programmers either decided or were forced to play it safe and use the “tried and tested” stuff.