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Participation vs. Hacking

In The Architecture of Participation vesus(sic) Hacking, Carlos Perez argues against points he sees in the essay Great Hackers by Paul Graham. Having read the two essays, I find Perez’s comments enlightening, but maybe not in the way he intended. I found things in both essays that I agree with, and things in both that… Read More »

Programmers and Pattern Matching

Contrary to expectations, many programmers do not solve problems through logic. This should not be surprising, as the same is true of humans in general. But many programmers I’ve known whole-heartedly disagree with that comment. I’ve noticed that many really good programmers are extremely good at pattern recognition and solve many problems through a creative… Read More »