alt Hacker News> The part of programming that sucks the most is untangling ambiguity.
I think it could be argued this is exactly what programming _is_.
> The part of programming that sucks the most is untangling ambiguity.
I think it could be argued this is exactly what programming _is_.
I very much agree. I've been describing programming to non-programmers as variations of "taking a problem and describing a solution to it in extremely literal step by step directions" for the last 20 years. Of course things like UI and API design are super important to good code, but IME a good interface requires untangling the ambiguity too.