Kent, it is a pleasure to wish you a belated birthday.
Lovely post. It reminds me of a conversation with my brother Steve and a David Hussman presentation.
In 2011 my brother and I were talking about writing. I told him that I wrote in small chunks, as the ideas hit me, saving some chunks to flesh out later. Steve, always being the observant one, asked if that was how I wrote code.
I told Steve that writing code was like writing poetry and that good code has a sense of rhythm like a poem or a song. Good code reads like poetry and there is a joy in writing and reading it.
Interestingly enough the next year I attended the Keep Austin Agile conference where David Hussman gave his keynote address on rhythmic systems and how good code and good song lyrics have a similar structure and pattern.
"...I don’t see reflected in the people I talk to about programming. I think they are missing something. I want to crack open the shell. To give them a chance to glimpse what I see. Whether they choose to look is up to them." Wow, beautiful. I feel bad (missing out) about not having engaged much here (partly due to those intrusive economic necessities), but my consolation is that even if I have not been following progress closely, the master is tirelessly at work, shining his torch on programming, and I know that, as always when reading his writing, I will be in for an enlightening experience when he is ready to publish his next book.
Kent, it is a pleasure to wish you a belated birthday.
Lovely post. It reminds me of a conversation with my brother Steve and a David Hussman presentation.
In 2011 my brother and I were talking about writing. I told him that I wrote in small chunks, as the ideas hit me, saving some chunks to flesh out later. Steve, always being the observant one, asked if that was how I wrote code.
I told Steve that writing code was like writing poetry and that good code has a sense of rhythm like a poem or a song. Good code reads like poetry and there is a joy in writing and reading it.
Interestingly enough the next year I attended the Keep Austin Agile conference where David Hussman gave his keynote address on rhythmic systems and how good code and good song lyrics have a similar structure and pattern.
Really beautiful. Thank you for sharing this
Happy birthday Kent !!!
Wish you all the best coincidences ;)
"...I don’t see reflected in the people I talk to about programming. I think they are missing something. I want to crack open the shell. To give them a chance to glimpse what I see. Whether they choose to look is up to them." Wow, beautiful. I feel bad (missing out) about not having engaged much here (partly due to those intrusive economic necessities), but my consolation is that even if I have not been following progress closely, the master is tirelessly at work, shining his torch on programming, and I know that, as always when reading his writing, I will be in for an enlightening experience when he is ready to publish his next book.
Thank you for doing what you do Kent ❤️
Thanks for writing. Happy birthday! Have a great weekend.