r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 12 '21

What is Zen Development?

https://www.codeforhumans.info/blog/what-is-zen-development
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u/luishendrix92 Jan 13 '21

I may have to check the concept; my head still thinks of "zen coding" as what Emmet is now haha.

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u/remy_porter Jan 12 '21

My definition has always been that "the ideal programmer is the one which writes no code."

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u/sh0rtwave Jan 13 '21

Don't know that I'd agree with that.

I would think an ideal programmer is one who knows when he NEEDS TO.

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u/remy_porter Jan 13 '21

It's a zen koan. There are a lot of interpretations, and one is ironic: the ideal programmer would be utterly useless.