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Discussion on: Can Programming be Emotional?

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Henry

more psychological, which is the developers who are, for the lack of a better word, entertained by more complicated and abstract solutions

haha maybe we need some specific examples for this? I don't know if people are necessarily purposely seeking things that seem complicated.

based on how stimulating a solution is for them

ah yes! Maybe that fits with the idea of choosing things that seem to fit their mental model, or at least makes sense for their current situation even if it doesn't work for anyone else. Other times we just get used to things, "this is the way things are done", which leads into interesting discussion on "folklore practices", twitter.com/modernserf/status/1309...