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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Repenning">Alexander Repenning</a> created <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgentSheets">AgentSheets</a>, an environment to help kids develop computational thinking skills. It wrapped an unusual computational model with an even more unusual user interface. The result was divisive. It inspired so many other projects, whilst being rejected at every turn and failing to catch on the way Scratch later did. So in 2017, Repenning published this obit of a paper, <a href="https://agentsheets.com/img/educators/20YearsofBlockProgramingLessonsLearned_published.pdf">Moving Beyond Syntax: Lessons from 20 Years of Blocks Programming in AgentSheets</a>, which covers his findings over the years as AgentSheets evolved and transformed, and gives perspective on block-based programming, programming-by-example, agents / rule / rewrite systems, automata, and more. This is probably the most "normal" episode we've done in a while — we stay close to the text and un-clam many a thought-tickling pearl. I'm saying that sincerely now to throw you off our scent the next time we get totally lost in the weeds. I hear a clock ticking. Links $ Do you want to move beyond syntax? Frustrated by a lack of syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic support? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/futureofcoding">Join our Patreon</a>! Choose the tier that best reflects your personal vision of the future of coding. Get (frequently unhinged) monthly bonus content. Most of all: let us know that you enjoy this thing we do, and help us keep doing it for years to come. <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argos_(retailer)">Argos</a>, for our non-UK listeners. They were acquired by future TodePond sponsor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainsbury%27s">Sainsbury's</a>.</li> <li>Once again, I am asking for your <a href="https://mastodon.social/@wolkenmachine">Marcel Goethals</a> makes a lot of cool weird stuff and is a choice follow.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_(programming_language)">Scratch</a> isn't baby programming. Also, you should try <a href="https://github.com/ivanreese/2222">this bizarre game</a> Ivan programmed in 3 blocks of Scratch.</li> <li><a href="https://studio.sandspiel.club/">Sandspiel Studio</a> is a delightful block-based sand programming simulator automata environment. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecCVor7mJ6o">Here's a video</a> of Lu and Max introducing it.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4">Simple Made Easy</a>, a seminal talk by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Hickey">Rich Hickey</a>. Still hits, all these years later.</li> <li>Someday we'll do an episode on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_act">speech acts</a>.</li> <li>Rewrite rules are one example of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewriting">rewriting</a> in computing.</li> <li>Lu's talk —and I quote— "at Cellpond", was actually at SPLASH, about Cellpond, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQgxFuw8f1U">it's a good talk</a>, about —and I quote— "actually, what if they didn't give up on rewrite rules at this point in history and what if they went further?"</li> <li>Oh yeah — <a href="https://cellpond.cool/">Cellpond</a> is cool. Here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvlsJ3FqNYU">a video</a> showing you how it works. And here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jX84iTXKg8">a video</a> studying how that video works. And here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlsDbXSZ2ko">a secret third thing</a>that bends into a half-dimension.</li> <li>Here's Repenning's "rule-bending" paper: <a href="https://home.cs.colorado.edu/~ralex/papers/PDF/VL95-RuleBending.pdf">Bending the Rules: Steps Toward Semantically Enriched Graphical Rewrite Rules</a></li> <li>I don't need to link to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity">SimCity</a>, right? You all know SimCity? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer)">Will Wright</a> is, arguably, the #1 name in simulation games. Well, you might not have caught the fantastic article <a href="https://logicmag.io/play/model-metropolis/">Model Metropolis</a> that unpacks the (inadvertently?) libertarian ideology embodied within the design of its systems. I'd also be remiss not to link to <a href="https://www.polygon.com/videos/2021/4/1/22352583/simcity-hidden-politics-ideology-urban-dynamics">Polygon's video</a> (and the corresponding write-up), which lend a little more colour to the history.</li> <li>Couldn't find a good link to Blox Pascal, which appears in the paper Towards "Second Generation" Interactive, Graphical Programming Environments by <a href="https://www.cs.rpi.edu/~glinert/vita-pubs.html">Ephraim P. Glinert</a>, which I also couldn't find a good link to.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_editor">Projectional / Structural Editor</a>. Here's <a href="https://hazel.org/">a good one</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/baba-is-you-104986179">Baba is You</a></li> <li><a href="https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/069">Vernacular Programmers</a></li> <li><a href="https://hazel.org/papers/livelits-paper.pdf">Filling Typed Holes with Live GUIs</a> is, AFAIK, the most current canonical reference for livelits.</li> <li>I'm not linking to Minecraft. But I will link to the <a href="https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Redstone_Repeater">Repeater</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/32-checkboxes-103278355">32 Checkboxes</a></li> <li><a href="https://wiremod.com/">Wiremod</a> is a… you know what, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wEkNT2McKo">just watch this</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy">Chomsky Hierarchy</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witness_(song)">The Witness</a></li> <li>Ivan wrote a <a href="https://mastodon.social/@spiralganglion/112578884737169457">colorful Mastodon thread</a> surveying the history of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine">Connection Machine</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://tom7.org/harder/">Harder Drive</a> is a must-watch video by the inimitable <a href="http://tom7.org/">Tom7</a>.</li> <li>Also couldn't find a good link for TORTIS. :/</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_by_example">Programming by Example (PbE)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo">Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="https://alexwarth.github.io/">Alex Warth</a>, one of the most lovely humans Ivan knows, is a real champion of "this, because that".</li> <li>Ivan's <a href="https://ivanish.ca/magnetic-fields/">magnetic field simulations</a> — <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miracles-fucking-magnets-how-do-they-work">Magnets! How do they work?</a></li> <li>Amit Patel's <a href="https://www.redblobgames.com/">Red Blob Games</a>, fantastic (fantastic!) explorable explanations that help you study various algorithms and techniques used in game development.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_diffusion">Collaborative diffusion</a> — "This article has multiple issues."</li> <li><a href="https://shaunlebron.github.io/">Shaun Lebron</a>, who you might know as the creator of <a href="https://shaunlebron.github.io/parinfer/">Parinfer</a>, made <a href="http://shaunlebron.github.io/gh4st/">a game that interactively teaches you how the ghost AI works in Pac-Man</a>. It's fun!</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations">Maxwell's Equations</a> — specifically <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations#Gauss's_law">Gauss's law</a>, which states that magnetic fields are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solenoidal_vector_field">solenoidal</a>, meaning they have zero divergence at all points.</li> <li>University of Colorado Boulder has a collection of simulations called <a href="https://phet.colorado.edu/">PhET</a>. They're… mid, at least when compared to building your own simulation. <a href="https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/faradays-law/latest/faradays-law_all.html">For instance.</a></li> </ul> Music featured in this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSJeHDlhYls">snot bubbles</a></li> </ul> ! Send us <a href="mailto:admin@futureofcoding.org?subject=Email%20from%20a%20listener">email</a>, share your ideas in the <a href="https://futureofcoding.org/community">Slack</a>, and catch us at these normal places: <ul> <li>Ivan: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@spiralganglion">Mastodon</a> • <a href="https://ivanish.ca/">Website</a></li> <li>Jimmy: <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@jimmyhmiller">Mastodon</a> • <a href="https://jimmyhmiller.github.io/">Website</a></li> <li>Lu: <a href="http://todepond.com/lab/login">Login</a> • <a href="https://www.todepond.com/">Website</a></li> </ul> See you in the future! <a href="https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/073">https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/073</a><a href="https://www.patreon.com/feelingofcomputing" rel="payment">Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/feelingofcomputing</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Alexander Repenning created AgentSheets, an environment to help kids develop computational thinking skills. It wrapped an unusual computational model with an even more unusual user interface. The result was divisive. It inspired so many other projects, whilst being rejected at every turn and failing to catch on the way Scratch later did. So in 2017, Repenning published this obit of a paper, Moving Beyond Syntax: Lessons from 20 Years of Blocks Programming in AgentSheets, which covers his findings over the years as AgentSheets evolved and transformed, and gives perspective on block-based programming, programming-by-example, agents / rule / rewrite systems, automata, and more. This is probably the most "normal" episode we've done in a while — we stay close to the text and un-clam many a thought-tickling pearl. I'm saying that sincerely now to throw you off our scent the next time we get totally lost in the weeds. I hear a clock ticking. Links $ Do you want to move beyond syntax? Frustrated by a lack of syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic support? Join our Patreon! Choose the tier that best reflects your personal vision of the future of coding. Get (frequently unhinged) monthly bonus content. Most of all: let us know that you enjoy this thing we do, and help us keep doing it for years to come. Argos, for our non-UK listeners. They were acquired by future TodePond sponsor, Sainsbury's. Once again, I am asking for your Marcel Goethals makes a lot of cool weird stuff and is a choice follow. Scratch isn't baby programming. Also, you should try this bizarre game Ivan programmed in 3 blocks of Scratch. Sandspiel Studio is a delightful block-based sand programming simulator automata environment. Here's a video of Lu and Max introducing it. Simple Made Easy, a seminal talk by Rich Hickey. Still hits, all these years later. Someday we'll do an episode on speech acts. Rewrite rules are one example of rewriting in computing. Lu's talk —and I quote— "at Cellpond", was actually at SPLASH, about Cellpond, and it's a good talk, about —and I quote— "actually, what if they didn't give up on rewrite rules at this point in history and what if they went further?" Oh yeah — Cellpond is cool. Here's a video showing you how it works. And here's a video studying how that video works. And here's a secret third thingthat bends into a half-dimension. Here's Repenning's "rule-bending" paper: Bending the Rules: Steps Toward Semantically Enriched Graphical Rewrite Rules I don't need to link to SimCity, right? You all know SimCity? Will Wright is, arguably, the #1 name in simulation games. Well, you might not have caught the fantastic article Model Metropolis that unpacks the (inadvertently?) libertarian ideology embodied within the design of its systems. I'd also be remiss not to link to Polygon's video (and the corresponding write-up), which lend a little more colour to the history. Couldn't find a good link to Blox Pascal, which appears in the paper Towards "Second Generation" Interactive, Graphical Programming Environments by Ephraim P. Glinert, which I also couldn't find a good link to. Projectional / Structural Editor. Here's a good one. Baba is You Vernacular Programmers Filling Typed Holes with Live GUIs is, AFAIK, the most current canonical reference for livelits. I'm not linking to Minecraft. But I will link to the Repeater 32 Checkboxes Wiremod is a… you know what, just watch this. Chomsky Hierarchy The Witness Ivan wrote a colorful Mastodon thread surveying the history of the Connection Machine. Harder Drive is a must-watch video by the inimitable Tom7. Also couldn't find a good link for TORTIS. :/ Programming by Example (PbE) Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Alex Warth, one of the most lovely humans Ivan knows, is a real champion of "this, because that". Ivan's magnetic field simulations — Magnets! How do they work? Amit Patel's Red Blob Games, fantastic (fantastic!) explorable explanations that help you study various algorithms and techniques used in game development. Collaborative diffusion — "This article has multiple issues." Shaun Lebron, who you might know as the creator of Parinfer, made a game that interactively teaches you how the ghost AI works in Pac-Man. It's fun! Maxwell's Equations — specifically Gauss's law, which states that magnetic fields are solenoidal, meaning they have zero divergence at all points. University of Colorado Boulder has a collection of simulations called PhET. They're… mid, at least when compared to building your own simulation. For instance. Music featured in this episode: snot bubbles ! Send us email, share your ideas in the Slack, and catch us at these normal places: Ivan: Mastodon • Website Jimmy: Mastodon • Website Lu: Login • Website See you in the future! https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/073 Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/feelingofcomputing See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Repenning" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alexander Repenning</a> created <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AgentSheets" rel="noopener noreferrer">AgentSheets</a>, an environment to help kids develop computational thinking skills. It wrapped an unusual computational model with an even more unusual user interface. The result was divisive. It inspired so many other projects, whilst being rejected at every turn and failing to catch on the way Scratch later did. So in 2017, Repenning published this obit of a paper, <a href="https://agentsheets.com/img/educators/20YearsofBlockProgramingLessonsLearned_published.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Moving Beyond Syntax: Lessons from 20 Years of Blocks Programming in AgentSheets</a>, which covers his findings over the years as AgentSheets evolved and transformed, and gives perspective on block-based programming, programming-by-example, agents / rule / rewrite systems, automata, and more. This is probably the most "normal" episode we've done in a while&nbsp;—&nbsp;we stay close to the text and un-clam many a thought-tickling pearl. I'm saying that sincerely now to throw you off our scent the next time we get totally lost in the weeds. I hear a clock ticking. Links $ Do you want to move beyond syntax? Frustrated by a lack of syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic support? <a href="https://www.patreon.com/futureofcoding" rel="noopener noreferrer">Join our Patreon</a>! Choose the tier that best reflects your personal vision of the future of coding. Get (frequently unhinged) monthly bonus content. Most of all: let us know that you enjoy this thing we do, and help us keep doing it for years to come. <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argos_(retailer)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Argos</a>, for our non-UK listeners. They were acquired by future TodePond sponsor, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainsbury%27s" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sainsbury's</a>.</li> <li>Once again, I am asking for your <a href="https://mastodon.social/@wolkenmachine" rel="noopener noreferrer">Marcel Goethals</a> makes a lot of cool weird stuff and is a choice follow.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_(programming_language)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Scratch</a> isn't baby programming. Also, you should try <a href="https://github.com/ivanreese/2222" rel="noopener noreferrer">this bizarre game</a> Ivan programmed in 3 blocks of Scratch.</li> <li><a href="https://studio.sandspiel.club/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sandspiel Studio</a> is a delightful block-based sand programming simulator automata environment. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecCVor7mJ6o" rel="noopener noreferrer">Here's a video</a> of Lu and Max introducing it.</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4" rel="noopener noreferrer">Simple Made Easy</a>, a seminal talk by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Hickey" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rich Hickey</a>. Still hits, all these years later.</li> <li>Someday we'll do an episode on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_act" rel="noopener noreferrer">speech acts</a>.</li> <li>Rewrite rules are one example of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewriting" rel="noopener noreferrer">rewriting</a> in computing.</li> <li>Lu's talk —and I quote— "at Cellpond", was actually at SPLASH, about Cellpond, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQgxFuw8f1U" rel="noopener noreferrer">it's a good talk</a>, about —and I quote— "actually, what if they didn't give up on rewrite rules at this point in history and what if they went further?"</li> <li>Oh yeah —&nbsp;<a href="https://cellpond.cool/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cellpond</a> is cool. Here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvlsJ3FqNYU" rel="noopener noreferrer">a video</a> showing you how it works. And here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jX84iTXKg8" rel="noopener noreferrer">a video</a> studying how that video works. And here's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlsDbXSZ2ko" rel="noopener noreferrer">a secret third thing</a>that bends into a half-dimension.</li> <li>Here's Repenning's "rule-bending" paper: <a href="https://home.cs.colorado.edu/~ralex/papers/PDF/VL95-RuleBending.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bending the Rules: Steps Toward Semantically Enriched Graphical Rewrite Rules</a></li> <li>I don't need to link to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SimCity" rel="noopener noreferrer">SimCity</a>, right? You all know SimCity? <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Wright_(game_designer)" rel="noopener noreferrer">Will Wright</a> is, arguably, the #1 name in simulation games. Well, you might not have caught the fantastic article <a href="https://logicmag.io/play/model-metropolis/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Model Metropolis</a> that unpacks the (inadvertently?) libertarian ideology embodied within the design of its systems. I'd also be remiss not to link to <a href="https://www.polygon.com/videos/2021/4/1/22352583/simcity-hidden-politics-ideology-urban-dynamics" rel="noopener noreferrer">Polygon's video</a> (and the corresponding write-up), which lend a little more colour to the history.</li> <li>Couldn't find a good link to Blox Pascal, which appears in the paper Towards "Second Generation" Interactive, Graphical Programming Environments by <a href="https://www.cs.rpi.edu/~glinert/vita-pubs.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ephraim P. Glinert</a>, which I also couldn't find a good link to.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_editor" rel="noopener noreferrer">Projectional / Structural Editor</a>. Here's <a href="https://hazel.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">a good one</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/baba-is-you-104986179" rel="noopener noreferrer">Baba is You</a></li> <li><a href="https://futureofcoding.org/episodes/069" rel="noopener noreferrer">Vernacular Programmers</a></li> <li><a href="https://hazel.org/papers/livelits-paper.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer">Filling Typed Holes with Live GUIs</a> is, AFAIK, the most current canonical reference for livelits.</li> <li>I'm not linking to Minecraft. But I will link to the <a href="https://minecraft.fandom.com/wiki/Redstone_Repeater" rel="noopener noreferrer">Repeater</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/32-checkboxes-103278355" rel="noopener noreferrer">32 Checkboxes</a></li> <li><a href="https://wiremod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wiremod</a> is a…&nbsp;you know what, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wEkNT2McKo" rel="noopener noreferrer">just watch this</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chomsky Hierarchy</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witness_(song)" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Witness</a></li> <li>Ivan wrote a <a href="https://mastodon.social/@spiralganglion/112578884737169457" rel="noopener noreferrer">colorful Mastodon thread</a> surveying the history of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection_Machine" rel="noopener noreferrer">Connection Machine</a>.</li> <li><a href="http://tom7.org/harder/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Harder Drive</a> is a must-watch video by the inimitable <a href="http://tom7.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tom7</a>.</li> <li>Also couldn't find a good link for TORTIS. :/</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_by_example" rel="noopener noreferrer">Programming by Example (PbE)</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo" rel="noopener noreferrer">Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo</a></li> <li><a href="https://alexwarth.github.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Alex Warth</a>, one of the most lovely humans Ivan knows, is a real champion of "this, because that".</li> <li>Ivan's <a href="https://ivanish.ca/magnetic-fields/" rel="noopener noreferrer">magnetic field simulations</a> — <a href="https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miracles-fucking-magnets-how-do-they-work" rel="noopener noreferrer">Magnets! How do they work?</a></li> <li>Amit Patel's <a href="https://www.redblobgames.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Red Blob Games</a>, fantastic (fantastic!) explorable explanations that help you study various algorithms and techniques used in game development.</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_diffusion" rel="noopener noreferrer">Collaborative diffusion</a> —&nbsp;"This article has multiple issues."</li> <li><a href="https://shaunlebron.github.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shaun Lebron</a>, who you might know as the creator of <a href="https://shaunlebron.github.io/parinfer/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Parinfer</a>, made <a href="http://shaunlebron.github.io/gh4st/" rel="noopener noreferrer">a game that interactively teaches you how the ghost AI works in Pac-Man</a>. It's fun!</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations" rel="noopener noreferrer">Maxwell's Equations</a> —&nbsp;specifically <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_equations#Gauss's_law" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gauss's law</a>, which states that magnetic fields are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solenoidal_vector_field" rel="noopener noreferrer">solenoidal</a>, meaning they have zero divergence at all points.</li> <li>University of Colorado Boulder has a collection of simulations called <a href="https://phet.colorado.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer">PhET</a>. They're…&nbsp;mid, at least when compared to building your own simulation. <a href="https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/faradays-law/latest/faradays-law_all.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">For instance.</a></li> </ul> Music featured in this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSJeHDlhYls" rel="noopener noreferrer">snot bubbles</a></li> </ul> ! 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Hi, I'm Steve Krouse. Welcome to my podcast and open-journal research project to create the future of coding. I believe the tools we currently use to create software can be drastically improved. Join me on my journey to discover the future of coding. Every week I alternate between recapping my own research and talking with programming language and interface experts. You can follow my progress at futureofcoding.org. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/feelingofcomputing See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hi, I'm Steve Krouse. Welcome to my podcast and&nbsp;<a href="http://futureofcoding.org/journal" rel="noopener noreferrer">open-journal</a>&nbsp;research project to create the future of coding. I believe the tools we currently use to create software can be drastically improved. Join me on my journey to discover the future of coding. Every week I alternate between recapping my own research and talking with programming language and interface experts. You can follow my progress at <a href="http://futureofcoding.org" rel="noopener noreferrer">futureofcoding.org</a>.<a href="https://www.patreon.com/feelingofcomputing" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/feelingofcomputing</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="noopener noreferrer">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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A romp through the field of computer programming, grapling with our history and wondering what should come next. A mix of deeply technical talk, philosophy, art, dark lore, and good takes. Hosted by Ivan Reese, Jimmy Miller, and Lu Wilson.

A romp through the field of computer programming, grapling with our history and wondering what should come next. A mix of deeply technical talk, philosophy, art, dark lore, and good takes. Hosted by <a href="https://ivanish.ca/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ivan Reese</a>, <a href="https://jimmyhmiller.github.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jimmy Miller</a>, and <a href="https://todepond.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lu Wilson</a>.

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