202102230000, February 23, 2021

  • The metaphors around apps vs windows vs tabs — especially in a mobile context vs a desktop context — are becoming increasingly blurry.
  • Via Roland, Tom MacWright wonders if the future of programming is more common data types:

    • What if a simpler programming language had first-class representations of a lot more than strings and arrays?

    • But if the aim is ease of use and giving power to people who otherwise wouldn’t be doing programming, type-rich systems with lots of assumptions seem like a logical first step. And one that doesn’t need a visual editor or a new dialect of a rare programming language.