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Discussion on: Can Programming be Emotional?

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Lasitha Denipitiya • Edited

A real good topic to talk about, I'm here to see how this talk goes forward in this chat. Think that more and more become experienced, more emotions will be reflected from code. Like thinking about how the code should be matured or how the code be distributed or how to introduce youngsters to the code and likewise

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Henry

emotions will be reflected from code

Thanks! I sorta brought this up again in another tweet I had about essays around the "human side" of programming that we tend to forget. Something that's been interesting to think about is how the ideas of a creator (even if unconscious) trickle down into the code (the names, how it's structured, etc). Like Rails for DHH as it's creator, etc.

how the code should be matured, or how to introduce youngsters to the code

Kind of a long read (and rather academic language at times) but I appreciated this gist.github.com/hzoo/c5e8e1e3f63ba... around the idea of mental models that are built (and dissolved) as people join and leave a codebase. We all have different definitions for terms and vocabulary, sometimes we need a shared one (can also think law)