Cassandra is only carbon nowJan 14, 2025

Hot take: "HTML is a programming language" is gatekeeping in effect, if not in intent.

That is, something need not be a programming language to be a the subject of highly useful and important technical skills — viewing all of computing through the lens of programming languages is inherently limiting.

Show threadIrenes (many)
@xgranade perhaps so. huh.
Jan 17, 2025 at 7:18amWeb
Show threadIrenes (many)Jan 17, 2025
@xgranade see, it's the "if not in intent" that makes this not really that incendiary. we do appreciate that.
Show threadIrenes (many)Jan 17, 2025
@xgranade it also does feel kind of like it was fighting the last war. we're not sure people, like...... write html anymore ><
Show threadCassandra is only carbon nowJan 17, 2025
@ireneista You're not wrong... I've also seen that discourse this very week, so the last war still seems to rage on somehow.
Show threadIrenes (many)Jan 17, 2025
@xgranade heh, fair enough