Code Beauty Through the Eyes of a Neurophysiologist-Programmer
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Overview of scientific findings about how humans perceive and understand source code, discussing cognitive limits (how many lines a programmer can hold in mind) and factors that make code readable. The talk cites modern research in neurophysiology and applies those results to practical implications and possible future directions for writing and organizing code.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07Neurophysiology of code beauty
- 5:03Cognitive code complexity
- 6:53Technical debt and complexity
- 8:20AI's role in code writing
- 13:59Neural network limits
- 18:41Code as social communication
- 20:29Sber Code Beauty contest
- 21:12Award highlights
- 31:19Q&A
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