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Ingo Steinke • Edited

I am wondering again, what is meant by "programming" ...

  • coding, typing text and symbols using a keyboard,
  • thinking about what next to type on your keyboard,
  • designing technical processes using a computer, using code or low-code tools,
  • designing technical processes on paper, in a discussion, in your mind,
  • designing graphics, sounds, videos, text to be used on a computer.

While coding might seem obvious at first sight, many people seem to doubt that writing markup is programming, not to talk about using a low-code tool like WebFlow or configuring a WordPress theme.

See:
HTML is a programming language and
HTML is not a programming language and that's the best thing about it

That said, while there might be obsessive hacking sessions, like in a hackathon or when fixing a live bug, I like to design, to think and communicate at least as much as I like putting my ideas into practice by typing code into a keyboard.