Intent-Driven Development

(jason-stillwell.com)

3 points | by dragonfax 9 hours ago ago

4 comments

  • dragonfax 9 hours ago

    As software engineers, I get the feeling we’re moving almost entirely away from code.

    • kindkang2024 9 hours ago

      > As software engineers, I get the feeling we’re moving almost entirely away from code.

      Wille-Driven Development — I prefer the word from Schopenhauer's Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung (The World as Will and Representation).

      What we will begins to matter more. The gap between desire and existence is collapsing. In Genesis, creation is a pure speech-act: fiat lux, and it was so — no implementation details, no build step, will and result simultaneous. We're not there yet. But I find the distance is measurable and shrinking.

      The Representation — code, syntax, toolchains — is receding. The Will asserts itself more directly. Welcome to the future.

      • dragonfax 9 hours ago

        Nice! I'll read up on it.

  • ares623 5 hours ago

    I gaze into my crystal ball and see this post on HN in 5 years:

    And what better language to encode intent into text than a programming language?

    Benefits:

    - intent is unambiguous

    - unambiguous for other people who share the same language

    - can be interpreted and executed by a $10 chip