[Sigia-l] hacking and painting

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of Karl Fast
> 
> Paul Graham has written a wonderful essay called hacking and
> painting in which he talks about programming as design.
> 
>    http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html
>
> Definitely worth reading.

Very well written. Especially worth noting is what it said about
hackers and design:

HP> Only a small percentage of hackers can actually design software,
HP> and it's hard for the people running a company to pick these out.
HP> So instead of entrusting the future of the software to one
HP> brilliant hacker, most companies set things up so that it is
HP> designed by committee, and the hackers merely implement the
HP> design.


Those with programming background may also want to read "Revenge of
the Nerds":

    http://www.paulgraham.com/icad.html



Boniface