thinking about literate programming and i just don't get it
like ok "notebooks" are a solid pitch because yeah it's basically a linear repl session and you're including the program's outputs which are things like diagrams
but like, making a big non-trivial program like that???
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Yeah, for larger stuff it seems like it would be a challenge to maintain. I've seen it work nicely for papers and blog posts, and imagine it could be useful for reference implementations.
One cool, recent, non-linear example of LP is:
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One issue with LP is the claim from some proponents that its ‘projection’ of the the program should be the default. GToolkit has some interesting components, where it seems like literate views can be attached to existing code:
- gtoolkit.com/components/doc
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Here is a thread about how we got here:
twitter.com/girba/status/1
In any case, the goal is to make the inside of systems explainable. #GToolkit is a deep system and there are many points we don’t yet know how to communicate. I'd be happy to show you around if you want.
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Last year we shipped a first version of #Lepiter and it felt great to see it flying out the door:
twitter.com/feenkcom/statu
Lepiter is the latest significant step in our journey to making systems explainable. Here is a behind the scene peak of how we got here.
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