> baking something and sharing it with others brings people together, there's smalltalk
I think this is a really good point that is or was also correct for programming.
Yes, maybe no-one was ever going to use my python-clone of grep. But the experiences I made along the way were something I liked to share and when I went online I could see other people making similar experiences and we'd laugh about the silly errors we made and the absurd abstractions we build and whatever else.
On a side note: It's not called a "conservatory" because we are conserving the art in it. The name seems to originate from a place where orphaned children were taken care off (i.e. conserved) and part of that was through musical education.
I think this is a really good point that is or was also correct for programming.
Yes, maybe no-one was ever going to use my python-clone of grep. But the experiences I made along the way were something I liked to share and when I went online I could see other people making similar experiences and we'd laugh about the silly errors we made and the absurd abstractions we build and whatever else.
I think this experience is under threat.