I just stumbled across this article. It left me feeling like I stumbled onto something very profound. It's not directly related to coding, but this article gets at the very core of what this community is about if we are honest. I know my 16-bit processor, assembly language and ultimately the high level language I'm trying to build are me trying to say something, to be consulted about the future of coding. https://ftrain.com/wwic

Blast from the past! Great article.

“Intense moderation” in a customer service medium is what “editing” was for publishing.

Dang, that's good. I must confess I also loved the part where he called out four sets of programming language zealots in three words.

Paul's an old dear friend. If you enjoyed that one, don't miss: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/

Also invented the tilde movement, iirc.

Just read that what is code article. Delightfully self-aware, thought provoking and entertaining.

For anyone else wondering what @Kartik Agaram is talking about: https://medium.com/message/tilde-club-i-had-a-couple-drinks-and-woke-up-with-1-000-nerds-a8904f0a2ebf The first google result for "tilde movement" was some League of Legends movement command. :D

Here's my homepage: http://tilde.club/~akkartik