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Alchemy and the Art of Software Development
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Coraline Ada Ehmke
August 23, 2014
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Alchemy and the Art of Software Development
Coraline Ada Ehmke
August 23, 2014
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Transcript
Alchemy - & - The Art of Software Development Coraline
Ada Ehmke @bantik http://where.coraline.codes/
A Crisis - of - Identity
Are we architects?
Are we scientists?
Are we engineers?
Are we artisans?
Are you a cowboy?
Or an astronaut?
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Language - & - Mental Models
Benjamin Whorf
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“la clave”
“intrincada y encantadora”
“der Schlüssel”
Viaduct de Millau “schwere und gezackt”
Viaduct de Millau Le Viaduct de Millau
“le pont”
Viaduct de Millau “Gigantesque”
Viaduct de Millau “Un monstre de béton”
“die Brücke”
Viaduct de Millau “Elegant und schwerelos"
Viaduct de Millau “Sie schwebt über den Wolken”
Viaduct de Millau Lera Boroditsky
Viaduct de Millau голубо́й
Viaduct de Millau си́ний
I II
Constraints - & - Degrees of Freedom
q
Viaduct de Millau
Viaduct de Millau You have died of tail recursion.
Viaduct de Millau
Viaduct de Millau
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q router presenter persistence layer adapter controller
A Language - of - Patterns
Erich Gamma
Ralph Johnson
Richard Helm
John Vlissides
Abstract Factory • Builder • Factory Method • Prototype •
Singleton • Adapter • Bridge • Composite • Decorator • Facade • Flyweight • Proxy • Chain of Responsibility • Command • Interpreter • Iterator • Mediator • Memento • Observer • State • Strategy • Template Method • Visitor
Viaduct de Millau Christopher Alexander
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Viaduct de Millau Gottfried von Leibniz
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the Protoscience - of - Alchemy
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Viaduct de Millau
Key Concepts - in - Alchemy
Rationality
Opposites
Ideals
Generation
Particulars
Taxa
Change Over Time
Perdura
Endura
The Great Work
I. Negrido
II. Cauda Pavonis
III. Albedo
IV. Rubedo
Alchemical Tenets
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Solve Et Coagula
Ideas descend from above; harmony rises from below.
Every object and system is corruptible.
Of things that are, some are in body, some in
idea.
All that is apparent, is what was generated or
made.
Generation begins with the mind, not the hands.
All things are but imitations of truth.
As above, so below.
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“The Image shall become thy Guide, because Sight hath this
peculiar charm, it holdeth fast and draweth unto it those who succeed in opening their eyes.”
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Coraline Ada Ehmke @bantik http://where.coraline.codes/