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Re:Suddenly I Understand Software by onlurking on Sunday November 19, 2023 @09:56AM (#38333188)
There's this seminal paper by Peter Naur called "Programming as Theory Building" that arrived at the exact same conclusion when it comes to programming:

https://gist.github.com/onlurking/fc5c81d18cfce9ff81bc968a7f...

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Re:Suddenly I Understand Software by spiralganglion on Sunday November 19, 2023 @07:48PM (#38340602)
Just in case anyone else misses it — the OP is a blog post about a podcast about this very paper.
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