Everything as Compiler
summary
Claim: treat frameworks like compilers — concrete transforms with inputs and outputs, not just metaphors. Demonstrates this with Babel as a working compiler for syntax (new→old), mentions experiments compiling node modules, and argues abstraction hides maintainers and tacit knowledge. Shows the real cost: maintenance, bugs and human lifecycle — currently one full-time person on Babel plus a few volunteers — so the artifact works but depends on people and ongoing work, not just code. everything has input and output
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:10Compilers are the New Frameworks
- 0:49Epistemology
- 1:45Everything as Compiler
- 20:17How are we seeing the world?
