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Paul Cantrell

Code is cost. It costs merely by •existing• in any context where it might run. Code is a burden we bear because (we hope) the cost is worth it.

What happens if we write code with a tool that (1) decreases the cost per line of •generating• code while (2) vastly increasing the cost per line of •maintaining• that code? How do we use such a tool wisely? Can we?

Useful conversation about that starts on this ground floor:

jenniferplusplus.com/losing-th

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Jennifer++ · Losing the imitation gameAI cannot develop software for you, but that's not going to stop people from trying to make it happen anyway. And that is going to turn all of the easy software development problems into hard problems.