Programming is an act of commanding a computer to do something, usually, something you want.

= Opinions on how to program Turns out, many programmers have no idea how to, so those who think they know how to, teach the former.

=> https://danluu.com/monorepo/ | Advantages of monorepos There are some.

=> https://danluu.com/boring-languages/ | A defense of boring languages

Boring languages are underrated. Many appear to be rated quite highly, at least if you look at market share. But even so, they're underrated.

=> https://gabekangas.com/blog/2022/06/ship-software-not-code/ | Ship software, not code The author states that installation of software has become increasingly complex. They mostly talk about open-source stuff. They emphasize that requiring users to have a whole //database// such as Postgres to run a an application is wrong. I do agree! Whenever there is a Python application that wants some Postgres and Redis, I just don't install it. There are enough sources of headaches for me already.

Actually, I try to make [[Mycorrhiza]] installable! No DB, next to zero CLI options, etc. Leave the crust to the working application! However, I have problems with delivering binaries. Let's work on that.

=> http://tomasp.net/blog/2022/timeless-way/ | The Timeless Way of Programming An article that mentions programming and [[Christopher Alexander]] at the same time. [[Bookmark]].

= Links => https://www.media.mit.edu/projects/2d-an-exploration-of-drawing-as-programming-language-featuring-ideas-from-lambda-calculus/overview/ | λ-2D: An Exploration of Drawing as Programming Language, Featuring Ideas from Lambda Calculus