Just read another big tech post about the future of software engineering.
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In this piece I wrote several years ago I had a ton of stories that could've illustrated feeling excluded from creativity in tech, but I used this story about not being given access to a makerspace specifically because it was so evocative to me! So on the nose
On Craft
My grandpa -- my Missouri grandpa, who played slide guitar to me when I got homesick on the rare occasions I stayed with them -- grew up on a farm without electricity. He went past eighth grade, which really mattered to him. He loved that I played harp, which he always called "elegant," in an extremely Missouri accent, an accent that hugged every syllable. Since living in California, I never hear this way of speaking. Recently I heard his accent on TV and cried unexpectedly, ugly crying, startli
drcathicks (www.drcathicks.com)
@grimalkina this is the kind of writing that makes me want to be better at writing. Great piece
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Just read another big tech post about the future of software engineering. Lots of people quoted: not a single woman quoted.
@grimalkina Science fiction used to be this way too, but there are so many great writers of all genders that I'm reading. I just worry that the Cory Doctorows of the female gender aren't getting the full throated amplification they deserve, culturally.
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@tobychev what are you talking jumping in here with MTG??
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People are always gonna read this kind of thing as "shrill" or whatever so please picture me saying this in a super bored, calm, chill voice which is accurate. There's always a contraction around who gets to speak first and loudest when things are about The Future
@grimalkina There's no tone you could possibly take that would render acceptable the fact you're pointing out!
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In this piece I wrote several years ago I had a ton of stories that could've illustrated feeling excluded from creativity in tech, but I used this story about not being given access to a makerspace specifically because it was so evocative to me! So on the nose
On Craft
My grandpa -- my Missouri grandpa, who played slide guitar to me when I got homesick on the rare occasions I stayed with them -- grew up on a farm without electricity. He went past eighth grade, which really mattered to him. He loved that I played harp, which he always called "elegant," in an extremely Missouri accent, an accent that hugged every syllable. Since living in California, I never hear this way of speaking. Recently I heard his accent on TV and cried unexpectedly, ugly crying, startli
drcathicks (www.drcathicks.com)
Absolutely agree with your most compelling tale.
And the arrogant self-centered egotistical definition of "craft" as, effectively "software work isn’t like other work, and we shouldn’t be judged the same way. We are entirely unique." That's just obviously a bunch of lame excuses.
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Absolutely agree with your most compelling tale.
And the arrogant self-centered egotistical definition of "craft" as, effectively "software work isn’t like other work, and we shouldn’t be judged the same way. We are entirely unique." That's just obviously a bunch of lame excuses.
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But I have long considered myself to be a "software craftsman." (craftsperson)
I define "software as a craft" as
"We produce something that is both useful and beautiful."
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But I have long considered myself to be a "software craftsman." (craftsperson)
I define "software as a craft" as
"We produce something that is both useful and beautiful."
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"Computer Science" not really a "science," because we're not discovering the fundamental computing and software development truths of the universe. We dreamed up and designed all this software and hardware. it works the way we *designed* it. It's not a discovery process.
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"Computer Science" not really a "science," because we're not discovering the fundamental computing and software development truths of the universe. We dreamed up and designed all this software and hardware. it works the way we *designed* it. It's not a discovery process.
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Our "Computer Science" is built on the mathematics of Turing Machines.
But we have built and used many computing devices that do not comply with that model. Many early computers did not. Analog computers do not.
And the "bleeding edge" of quantum computing, which may prove highly useful also violates the model assumptions of our formal mathematical "Computer Science."
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Our "Computer Science" is built on the mathematics of Turing Machines.
But we have built and used many computing devices that do not comply with that model. Many early computers did not. Analog computers do not.
And the "bleeding edge" of quantum computing, which may prove highly useful also violates the model assumptions of our formal mathematical "Computer Science."
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Also, to continue with my answer to the old question,
"Is computing/software development an Art or a Science?"
It's not an Art either.
Automation and software exist *primarily* to do something useful.
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So, "not Art and not Science" leads me to say that our work is a "Craft," because it must be both useful and "beautiful."
Where "beautiful" is largely a way of expressing how useful, maintainable, reliable, and other such positive attributes.
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In this piece I wrote several years ago I had a ton of stories that could've illustrated feeling excluded from creativity in tech, but I used this story about not being given access to a makerspace specifically because it was so evocative to me! So on the nose
On Craft
My grandpa -- my Missouri grandpa, who played slide guitar to me when I got homesick on the rare occasions I stayed with them -- grew up on a farm without electricity. He went past eighth grade, which really mattered to him. He loved that I played harp, which he always called "elegant," in an extremely Missouri accent, an accent that hugged every syllable. Since living in California, I never hear this way of speaking. Recently I heard his accent on TV and cried unexpectedly, ugly crying, startli
drcathicks (www.drcathicks.com)
@grimalkina thank you for sharing this really interesting piece of writing.
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But I have long considered myself to be a "software craftsman." (craftsperson)
I define "software as a craft" as
"We produce something that is both useful and beautiful."
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@JeffGrigg I like that!
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When people are scared as everyone in tech is, people also cling more fiercely to the things that feel safer. More Technical feels safer and that means your demographics contract. I genuinely think people do not realize this is happening in their decision making
@grimalkina This is exactly why I don't take people who despise AI very seriously. I mean sure there are legit reasons to not use AI in certain situations, but at the end of the days they come across like old boomers yelling at clouds. It's not attractive at all.
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