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Paul Graham: Hackers and Painters

Posted by michael on from the use-lots-of-gouache dept.

larsberg writes "Another wonderful article from Paul Graham on hackers, their lifestyle, and their tools. It's entitled "Hackers and Painters", and provides a great description of how the great hackers write code. The article is definitely worth a read, especially for those who have an inkling that any field that has to place the word "Science" in its name probably isn't really a science after all."

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  1. Why? by nihilvt · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why do people feel the need to romanticize hacking? Do people need to validate the fact that they are programmers?

    Some people love to do what they do and may have a skilled hand at it, but that does not make it like painting.