What We Think About When We Think About Code [audio]

What We Think About When We Think About Code [audio](wwtawwtac.libsyn.com)

41 points by akud 8 years ago | 13 comments

DalasNoin 8 years ago |

I find it hard to verbalize my thoughts during coding. It appears sometimes like moving through a space of ideas. And the Ideas are Connected to each other. I go through the idea that I want to implement and move trough the ideas, that I have of the code.

jondubois 8 years ago |

For me code is like a story which I can play forward and backwards and also pause in my mind. Before I write code, I think of multiple stories and I try to choose the one which fits best into the big picture.

akud 8 years ago | |

A story with characters and emotions? Or more like a sequence of events that you step through?

jondubois 8 years ago | | |

Users are the main characters and the variables are props. There is definitely emotion.

Sometimes the story feels too complicated and that means it needs to be rewritten.

Sometimes there might be lots of different stories that converge in very pleasant ways and with ideal timing.

akud 8 years ago |

Podcast creator here. Happy to answer any questions :)

motozirillo 8 years ago |

Whenever I think about how I think about things while I'm thinking my head just

sogen 8 years ago |

Nice, will it be available on Podcasts (iTunes, etc)?

akud 8 years ago | |

We're currently waiting for approval from apple.

sogen 8 years ago | | |

Thanks

olivercreashe 8 years ago |

Should I roll over my 401k from a previous employer to the new one?

sctb 8 years ago | |

We detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14523014 and marked it off-topic.

gt_ 8 years ago | | |

I'm not so sure this was off topic. It was probably a joke, and not a bad or hurtful one. I giggled, and also subscribed to the podcast.

olivercreashe 8 years ago | | |

I mean, he did say he's happy to answer any question, so.....