akareillyJan 25, 2023
If you insist that people learn to code in order to use technology, I'm going to insist that you grow your own flax, do the retting, spin it, weave it, and sew it before you're allowed to wear pants.
Show threadakareillyJan 25, 2023

I'm saying this as a person who is going to buy a fleece from a local shepherd and skirt it, wash it, sort it, comb it, spin it, ply it, dye it with local plants, and knit a sweater with it.

If I acted like some software developers, not only would I do this for myself, I would demand that anyone who ever complained about a sweater do the same. Not just to end up with a sweater, but to even *talk* about sweaters.

Show threadUna Milutinovich

@akareilly Consumer level software shouldn't require programming knowledge. Even professional software, depending on its purpose. Same for clothing, as you say!!

I do think there's an argument for teaching coding in school, because in many ways, it's a form of literacy that massively opens doors for a wide variety of jobs.

Having said that, even if you know how to do one type of programming, it doesn't mean you can do everything.

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Jan 26, 2023 at 12:13amWeb
Show threadUna MilutinovichJan 26, 2023

@akareilly I'm a physicist and my programming skills are limited to doing data analysis, basic simulations, and instrument control. Oh, and WordPress websites. I don't know how to write a phone app or Word or car firmware or anything else. There's zero need for me to know ANYTHING about how these things are coded in order to use them.

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