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Ah and she makea a good distinction between what she is proposing and end-user programming. This is more, define a tier of workers who specialize not in general programming but in customization or "scripting". In fact a lot of the world already works that way (there are plenty of people whose job is crafting special -purpose scripts or Excel sheets). Much enterprise software is sold this way, there is a base platform and then for more money the company's consulting arm will develop customziations for your particular use cases.

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end-user programming

30 Oct 2021 - 04 Sep 2025

This might be the best standard term for what I do. I don't like "user", but "novice programming" is even worse. End-user programming has never been my real job, post Media Lab, so I've wedged it into side-projects or into work where it wasn't a priority.

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Everything for Vivarium Project

Behave!

Biobike VPL

Enflame

SmartTables (not exactly EUP, but in the spirit)

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Whenever I do anything in the end-user programming space, I feel akin to Prometheus stealing fire from the gods and giving it to humanity. And we know how he wound up.
— mtraven (@mtraven) August 15, 2021

Sep 4th, 2025

Well when did I write the above? (2021-2) Now that vibecoding and such is a major thing, it all looks like an embarassing relic from ancient history. I'm trying to get with the program and do something close ro natural language (see OKC).