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Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle
Rui Oliveira · Discussed on HN from 2013 to 2025
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- 01bret victor
- 02live coding
- 03developer tools
Bret Victor's talk at CUSEC 2012 in which he argues that creators need immediate feedback and should organize their work around a guiding principle. He demonstrates live-coding and animation tools that show results as you type, and describes his own principle that creators must see what they are making.
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Mind-blowing talk on live programming feedback.
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bigsassy · 2014-06 · 12 recommenders across 11 months
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