worlding and software
I want to write about worlding around software
How do you chose a particular programming language
a coding style
a development environment and ecosystem
an infrastructure where to run the code
and so on?
These are
not just technical choices
but rather coding contingencies
These contingencies are situated in precise contexts
economical
cultural
creative
political
technical
Programming then is not just sharing code, but sharing context.
It's providing a perspective to look at the world
before attempting to get some grip onto it with a script.
How to provide a point of view through the lens of software?
Who get to participate in this process of making meaning?
How to create a discourse for the code to inhabit?
How to stretch the affordances of code?
besides
technicality
marketing
advertisement
How can situated practices inform the process of documenting software?
Could software documentation
1
be an ideal surface to build worlds
2
be an interface between different knowledges
3
be a device to trigger different kind of economy
around situated software?