One of The Joys of Programming - Jonathan Blow

Snip taken from "Interview with Jonathan Blow at LambdaConf 2024"
Original video: • Interview with Jonatha...
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[@0ia]

I heard this in the original interview, and it's been resonating in my head for the past weeks. I realize I can make a lot of design decisions that prolong this as well.

[@ViewportPlaythrough]

i call it the "drafting stage". its comparable to gray boxing a level design, or using simple shapes for modeling, or outline sketching for drawing/painting. the purpose of it is to try out ideas as fast as possible. i try to prolong it as long as possible that sometimes its all thats needed to form the MVP. draw in ideas as fast as possible. throw out ideas as fast as possible. use temporary variables for complicated equations. fake up function calls if needed. add in branches, try those branches with fake variables. if theres something you dont know would work, its probably a good idea to catch errors anyway. etc etc. its fast and fun.

[@bike4aday]

I wish I could keep that joy with every program I write. Yeah, sadly the bigger the program gets the more likely it is to turn into a headache.

[@devoiddude]

Don't often agree with the john but I agree with him here on this .

[@notiashvili]

Jon looking like an absolute sex god here.

[@TactDB]

I like the guy but he looks like he put on a few pounds.... those shirt buttons are about to burst....

[@samgould8567]

@@TactDB Damn, the way you phrased that is getting me excited

[@kuklama0706]

Msvc 6 and even 2005 compile times are still fast

[@skrivnost]

Feedback: The moving background is distracting, would prefer a static background so I can pay attention just to the interview.

[@Urien.]

jon is bulking

[@avwie132]

John de Goes is, Jonathan is just fat

[@sv_gravity]

it;s seed oil

[@krystian9924]

@@sv_gravity Is he vegetarian ?

[@gercius]

@@krystian9924 He a binarian, eating ones and zeroes

[@misterbeach8826]

heavy bones

[@user-vk5ko9pi6f]

Hello, I rent accounts on freelance exchanges

[@linkernick5379]

Is the interviewer John De Goes? Looks pretty white suprematistic 😊

[@Raxfyr]

what??

[@linkernick5379]

@@Raxfyr it is a joke, if you haven't got it, then you've read too little of twitter 😊

[@Raxfyr]

@@linkernick5379 yes, thankfully i have