realize that lower-ambition goals can be achieved with simpler tools. 3/
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we have a responsibility to stand up for the idea of empowerment through abstraction. For the people like
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me who never could get into software until we had the kind of allegedly bad tools that arguments like this one bemoan. 6/
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in my view, the fact that many people can get into programming without full view of the whole picture is a tremendous 7/
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achievement, and one that both of us dedicated large parts of our careers to. It's that legacy that's under fire by this 8/
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argument, and the gains in empowerment are what's at stake in my view. 9/9
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All makes sense to me — thanks for articulating that. I just wish we could have a conversation *anywhere* other than Twitter. :-)
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I'd DM but you don't follow me ;)
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