I think the idea here goes back to Kay’s “DOING with IMAGES makes SYMBOLS” mantra (in turn derived from Piaget/Bruner). Scratch stays largely pre-symbolic, focusing on developing computational skills in the iconic mentality (though you can still do some complex things, like this example I found).

Taking “considered harmful” literally to the point of refusals, thanks Dijkstra.

Walked by there hundreds of times and didn’t even realize it was that old. Facade reeks of 80s with poor land use, not worthy of landmarking.

Feeling the preference cascade, this really helped

as an alternative to crdts?

ripe with meaning and potential