We should rethink how we teach people to code (deadsimpletech.com)

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Another excellent piece from Iris Meredith - strongly recommend reading if you want an idea of how to un-fuck software as a field.

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[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

I struggle to imagine what might supplant the HTML generator suggestion in the future.

I can't really think of anything to supplant it either. The only addition I can think of would be some complementary arts education, to build students' creative abilities and further highlight the expressive elements of software.

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