Comment on Does Perchance.org count as coding/programming?
radix@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Just reading the homepage, no, it just looks like a tool. When you use it, you’re a person making use of a tool, not a programmer.
Comment on Does Perchance.org count as coding/programming?
radix@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Just reading the homepage, no, it just looks like a tool. When you use it, you’re a person making use of a tool, not a programmer.
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
You’re not making a generator either. The tool itself is already the generator, you just make content packs for it. The result will then be a generator for your content pack.
I guess an analogy could be an industrial harbor which loads ships with containers. Can the harbor say that it made the loaded ships? (yes it can, but people will rise eyebrows.)
I guess the generator can be seen as a very high-level programming language, so OP can call themselves a programmer, but I wouldn’t go boasting about it.
evilgiraffe666@ttrpg.network 11 months ago
It’s all human readable abstractions for 0s and 1s, isn’t it? Unless you’re working with quantum computers.
We want to draw the line somewhere, so my mum on FB doesn’t call herself a programmer for creating a post, but it’s not very clear where to put that line. I think it has to depend on the context, you could tell your hairdresser you’re a programmer to avoid the unnecessary details, but wouldn’t describe it as such in a job interview.
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Usually you draw this line by “locking” a title behind some kind of education or certification. If someone carries this title, then it must mean that they at least have a basic understanding about x skill.
“Programmer” and “developer” aren’t protected in any meaningful way, and I’m trying to hammer that into my brain, as I did not really see someone who hosts a template Wordpad site as a webdev, or a Python scripter as a programmer (scripting is programming, but programming is much more than scripting, so comparing the two didn’t make sense to me).
Abigblueworld@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You’re making me feel like I’m a dumbass
ekky43@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Not a dumbass, we all have to start somewhere, and the only way to really fail is to stop trying to improve oneself.
That’s also what in the oh so olden days set apart the script kiddies from the makers. The script kiddies found some readily available tools and boasted about their skill, while the makers tried to dig into the tools to get a better understanding, and ultimately be able to hack together the tools to better fit their needs. Many makers started out as script kiddies.
People nowadays often get introduced to programming in computer games, such as Minecraft’s redstone, and I don’t think that perchance is much different.
Next steps would be to find a programming or scripting language and start learning about common syntaxes and logic, perhaps even make your own generator!
Abigblueworld@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’ve been stuck on this so call “progamming” skeem for too long! I AM DONE WITH LIFE
Abigblueworld@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I thought it was real programming, I thought I was a programmer AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHUHUHUHHHHHHHH!