1/ I'm coining the term "Object-Oriented Productivity" as my prediction for the next era of productivity we're entering
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2/ As any discipline matures, it gets progressively demystified from "personality-driven" to "object-driven." The focus shifts from what an individual can do (due to mysterious, inscrutable internal forces), to what the tools can do (how they can be combined and used together)
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3/ Close parallel to software dev't: coding used to be limited by an individual person's temperament, focus ability, memory, specific knowledge; now it's limited by their ability to use and combine existing tools, frameworks, snippets, microservices
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4/ Just as Object-Oriented Programming favored modular pieces of software that could interact via standardized interfaces, we're seeing the same thing happen as personal productivity matures
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5/ What's important now is NOT one's personal capabilities: focus ability, self-discipline, raw intellect, good memory. What matters is the ability to orchestrate existing tools, platforms, services, products, programs, etc. into SYSTEMS that work reliably, day and night
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Oh no I would never actually *try* programming. I only like to read about it
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OO is what convinced me I would never be a professional programmer shipping production code. I didn’t understand my distaste until long after I gave up hope, when I read Linus Torvalds’ famous C++ rant. harmful.cat-v.org/software/c++/l
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The arguments may be especially germane for productivity systems, since Linus’ rant is particularly about low-level systems software.

