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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Apr 2017

      Instead of switching from programming to management as their companies grow, I wonder if founders could one day manage by programming.

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Apr 2017
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      It could work like the "surgical team" model of programming Fred Brooks wrote about.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 29 Apr 2017

      Though in practice it would probably work more like the rest of the company building a domain specific language that the founder used.

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        1. Ciaran Byrne‏ @byrneciaran 29 Apr 2017
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          How come doctors, architects, etc are respected with age but coders aren't.

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        1. Gabriel  🥑‏ @gabrielnocode 29 Apr 2017
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          indeed. Abstract pseudo-language. And 3D, because that's how data and thinking is. I'm built 50% of it and moving forward

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        2. Coba Weel‏ @weel 29 Apr 2017
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          Management moves only as fast as trust between people involved. You gonna design me a DSL to build trust?

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        3. Coba Weel‏ @weel 29 Apr 2017
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          Been thinking about this some more. Have you seen JIRA Query Language? DSL like tools for project mgt make some sense.

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        1. Xavier Damman  😷 🌍 🌱 🌻‏ @xdamman 29 Apr 2017
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          Already happening: https://news.distrokid.com/what-ive-been-up-to-for-the-past-4-years-ef06ab9c5cd6 …

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        1. Michael Bleigh  💉 ⏳‏ @mbleigh 29 Apr 2017
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          Isn't that effectively what's​ happening when senior technical folks end up writing design docs and leaving the implementation to others?

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        1. Brian Hayes‏ @bit_player 29 Apr 2017
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          Shall we call it the Wolfram Language?

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        1. Durchlass Kilometer 5,698‏ @emareaf 29 Apr 2017
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          changing "build feature X" to "build primitives with which I can rapidly iterate on feature X"?

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        1. David Silva Smith‏ @DavidSilvaSmith 29 Apr 2017
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          Interesting. Would the benefit be clarity of instruction?

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        1. Robin Dymond‏ @robindymond 29 Apr 2017
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          Last I looked, Trump was your President, so I think mgmt by coding is out.

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