Dream in Code
summary
Presents a concrete method: rethink problems by changing the implementation language. Implements a polyglot bash/python script to provide bash completion that invokes Python and SQLite for live username completion, a web API turned into config-as-code utilities so operations write small Python callables (security and proficiency tradeoffs noted), and a gdb-backed test fixture that compiles binaries, wraps them in gdb, and lets Python call C functions — prototype takes ~30 minutes to write and covers ~80% of tests in practice.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction and inspiration
- 3:16Sapir-Whorf hypothesis in code
- 4:43Introducing Wolffian refactoring
- 5:04Bash auto-completion with Python
- 11:48Self-extending API design
- 17:30C/C++ unit testing with gdb
- 22:49Python GUI limitations and Jupyter
- 24:17Dreaming in code and conclusion
- 25:24Q&A session
