Bret Victor Inventing on Principle

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mikewarot · 2022-02 · Strong recommendation

>Brett Victor - Inventing on principle: [VIDEO] This gave me a sharp moment of clarity, thank you so much for this! I'll work on the wording over time, but here's a rough sketch of my principle: My principle is that no person should ever be forced to blindly trust a computer to do the right thing. Computing shouldn't be either blindly trust the black box, or get nothing done. Nobody should have to hand over their wallet to buy an ice cream cone, you can just take the exact change out and pay. Why should you have to give a program access to everything when you just want to edit one text file?

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mikewarot · 2022-02 · Strong recommendation

Is there some pet peeve you have about the world, which you wish to change? If there is, and you can put your finger on it, making it happen could be a very fulfilling thing to do. I just figured out my pet peeve, the design principle I wish to impart to the world... after watching this video recommended in a different thread Bret Victor Inventing on Principle -- [VIDEO] I wish you luck if you find yours.

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iwwr · 2022-02 · Recommendation

Rich Hickey - Hammock-driven development: [LINK] Brett Victor - Inventing on principle: [VIDEO] Programming is terrible: [LINK] Dave Beazely - Python concurrency from the ground up (applicable to languages in general, with generator and corourine functionality) [LINK] Functional programming, with birds: [LINK] Short and classic: Wat [LINK]

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