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Designer/Programmer of Braid and The Witness. President, Thekla, Inc. Partner in IndieFund. Currently working on good new things.

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    1. Niklas Gray‏ @niklasfrykholm Jan 23

      Communication isn’t the only "soft" skill that programmers need. Empathy and caring are equally important.pic.twitter.com/6pNoYcdWGA

      Empathy: How nice is this API to use? How can a new programmer understand this system? Caring: Can I explain this better? Can I make this function easier to use? Can I make sure no one else makes the same mistake? Can I make this code more pleasant to read?
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      Jonathan Blow‏ @Jonathan_Blow Jan 23
      Replying to @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

      I agree very much with the objective part of this idea, but the framing is counterproductive and likely to do a great deal of damage.

      9:30 AM - 23 Jan 2021
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        1. Cam is  🍵 ⛺️ 🛌 (8/100 nice days)‏ @empathy2000 Jan 23
          Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

          "if you're not good at designing APIs, you're not empathetic"?

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        1. dogged‏ @doggedaudio Jan 23
          Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

          I disagree with the examples provided in the image but agree with the notion. As an embedded audio developer, caring is “have I helped someone else not make a mistake?” — for example by rejecting an std include via CI analysis. Kindness in programming is contextual.

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        1. little birbs‏ @littlebirbbeeps Jan 23
          Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

          how so?

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        1. Eric Wheeler‏ @ericswheeler Jan 23
          Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

          I'm someone who really enjoys the stuff in black text in the image (making functions/APIs easier to use, making it impossible to use things incorrectly, etc.) but I don't think I would ever describe it as 'empathy'.

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        2. Ben Visness‏ @its_bvisness Jan 23
          Replying to @ericswheeler @Jonathan_Blow and

          Why not? To be an effective API designer you have to be able to put yourself in your users’ shoes. It may not be “emotional”, but you have to understand the world from another’s perspective.

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        1. Alter‏ @AlterGamedev Jan 23
          Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

          So true. Took me a moment. Thanks for putting it so aptly.

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        1. William Hilton‏ @wmhilton Jan 23
          Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

          Yeah, it could cause you a mid-life crisis if you pause to reflect that the reason you're building jai is because you care about people, not care about code, because you've built so much identity around being an arrogant boy genius.

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        2. docter octagonapus‏ @toojoe Jan 23
          Replying to @wmhilton

          This seems rude?

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        1. Incode Games‏ @IncodeGames Jan 23
          Replying to @Jonathan_Blow @niklasfrykholm @ocornut

          How is considering the impact on your fellow humans a problem when developing software (or tackling any problem)? Being empathetic doesn't mean sacrificing code quality for people's feelings, if that's what you're saying.

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