Literature Notes

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Commentary on other people’s websites :)

https://prog21.dadgum.com

Why?

We seem to have very similar perspectives on programming. That idea construction / information logistics might have to take the front seat over implementation.

Programming Without Being Obsessed With Programming https://prog21.dadgum.com/195.html
You Don’t Read Code, You Explore It https://prog21.dadgum.com/194.html
Get Good at Idea Generation https://prog21.dadgum.com/193.html
Organizational Skills Beat Algorithmic Wizardry https://prog21.dadgum.com/177.html
Hopefully More Controversial Programming Opinions https://prog21.dadgum.com/149.html

Hopefully More Controversial Programming Opinions

It’s a mistake to introduce new programmers to OOP before they understand the basics of breaking down problems and turning the solutions into code.

I think that’s right.

http://theworstthingsforsale.com/

Two Hundred Seventy Five Gallons Of Lube http://theworstthingsforsale.com/2022/07/12/two-hundred-seventy-five-gallons-of-lube/

Man.

https://ideolalia.com/

https://ideolalia.com/essays/two-concepts-of-legibility.html

legibility definitions:

  1. Coercive legibility. A state requires people to follow rules.
  2. Legibility as an affordance. Usable complex systems have built-in discovery mechanisms.
coercive legibility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seeing_Like_a_State
legibility as an affordance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Image_of_the_City

Here on play.teod.eu, I try to embrace chaos, then solve for attention design and discoverability.