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[–] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children) I'm a senior dev and I'll be honest: I'm not sure what I do. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) You enchant rocks engraved with runes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Computer programmers are the wizards of the present. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) There was a series of books in the '80s where a systems programmer gets pulled through a portal into your typical magical world, good vs evil, etc. They subsequently look at the magical spells in use and realise they can apply Good Systems Programming Practices™ to them. And thus, with their knowledge of subroutines and parallel processing, they amplify their tiny innate magical abilities up to become a Pretty Good Magician™. So while all the rest of the magicians basically have to construct their spells to execute in a linear fashion, they're making magical subroutines and utility functions and spawning recursive spells without halting checks and generally causing havoc. It's quite a good allegory for modern times, where a select few build all the magic and the rest just have useful artefacts they use on a day to day basis with no idea how they work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago That sounds very interesting, do you remember the name or the author? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) You enchant rocks engraved with runes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Computer programmers are the wizards of the present. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) There was a series of books in the '80s where a systems programmer gets pulled through a portal into your typical magical world, good vs evil, etc. They subsequently look at the magical spells in use and realise they can apply Good Systems Programming Practices™ to them. And thus, with their knowledge of subroutines and parallel processing, they amplify their tiny innate magical abilities up to become a Pretty Good Magician™. So while all the rest of the magicians basically have to construct their spells to execute in a linear fashion, they're making magical subroutines and utility functions and spawning recursive spells without halting checks and generally causing havoc. It's quite a good allegory for modern times, where a select few build all the magic and the rest just have useful artefacts they use on a day to day basis with no idea how they work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago That sounds very interesting, do you remember the name or the author? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gandalf_der_12te@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 years ago (2 children) Computer programmers are the wizards of the present. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) There was a series of books in the '80s where a systems programmer gets pulled through a portal into your typical magical world, good vs evil, etc. They subsequently look at the magical spells in use and realise they can apply Good Systems Programming Practices™ to them. And thus, with their knowledge of subroutines and parallel processing, they amplify their tiny innate magical abilities up to become a Pretty Good Magician™. So while all the rest of the magicians basically have to construct their spells to execute in a linear fashion, they're making magical subroutines and utility functions and spawning recursive spells without halting checks and generally causing havoc. It's quite a good allegory for modern times, where a select few build all the magic and the rest just have useful artefacts they use on a day to day basis with no idea how they work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago That sounds very interesting, do you remember the name or the author? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) There was a series of books in the '80s where a systems programmer gets pulled through a portal into your typical magical world, good vs evil, etc. They subsequently look at the magical spells in use and realise they can apply Good Systems Programming Practices™ to them. And thus, with their knowledge of subroutines and parallel processing, they amplify their tiny innate magical abilities up to become a Pretty Good Magician™. So while all the rest of the magicians basically have to construct their spells to execute in a linear fashion, they're making magical subroutines and utility functions and spawning recursive spells without halting checks and generally causing havoc. It's quite a good allegory for modern times, where a select few build all the magic and the rest just have useful artefacts they use on a day to day basis with no idea how they work permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago That sounds very interesting, do you remember the name or the author? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makr_alland@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago That sounds very interesting, do you remember the name or the author? permalink fedilink source parent