OK, Now What?

I was thinking this morning, while trying not to get up yet, about the programmer, the programmer’s code, and their care. As to my recent defect, I really don’t see what to do better. Yet. By my lights, an important understanding for any artist or craftsperson is to fully understand that we are not our product. We need to be able to look at our product with the same analytical clarity that we would look at the work of another. We need to be able to assess our own work with our senses turned up, our kindness turned up, and our sensitivity turned down. We need to be able to look at the code, see its good bits, and, importantly, see its flaws. When we see them, we need to take them in with our eyes open. We might need to explain the code, to others or ourselves. We might need to explain how it got that way. We will benefit from reflecting on how we made it that way. But we will not benefit, in my view, by blaming ourselves, or by feeling defensive about ourselves. If we do that, it will…