zen of programming

src: [VDBUH2023] - Sander Hoogendoorn - Keynote: The Zen of Programming

Abstract

Continuous journey towards writing beautiful code of Sander Hoogendoorn.

What does Zen mean? A state of calm attentiveness in which one’s actions are guided by intuition rather than by conscious effort.

The zen of programming: you become one with the code, lost in the rhythm of the tasks at hand.

You can get better by experimenting and then figuring out how to do this.

• epiphanies and experiments
• Learning and unlearning
• favor simplicity
• code is co$t
  • the easiest code to maintain is the code you don’t write

Cynefin:

COMPLEX Enabling constraints Loosely coupled probe-sens-respond EMERGENT PRACTICE	COMPLICATED Governing constraints Tightly coupled sense-analyze-respond GOOD PRACTICE
CHAOTIC Lacking constraint De-coupled act-sens-respond NOVEL PRACTICE	CLEAR Tightly constrained No degrees of freedom sense-categorize-respond BEST PRACTICE