Let's say you take direct inspiration for something you're working on and you know someone's been there and thought a lot about it. Wouldn't it make sense to ask them about it? It's certainly true that some mistakes are better learned by making them yourself, but a whole lot aren't. Hell, half the time it's just stuff you're too close to see anymore.
The Swift playground is strikingly similar to many of the things we've done in Light Table. It's wonderful that Apple is taking that and running with it and I want these things to end up out there and make things better for devs. But I could've helped them skip some of the crap along the way and I've worked with other large organizations to help them do exactly that.
> To suggest that your opinion is more valid than theirs is hubris.
My opinion is no more valid, but given that their work looks fairly like our own, I certainly have the benefit of past experience. This isn't about hubris. I have a unique perspective in this particular case, one that no one else will have, as the creator of one of the things they were "heavily influenced" by. I'd rather they took advantage of that so that they can continue to push things even further and not fall into some traps that we did at Microsoft and with LT itself.
In any case, I'm sorry I seem to have offended you. My goal is not self aggrandizement, it's just to help do my part in making things better for us all.
Let's say you take direct inspiration for something you're working on and you know someone's been there and thought a lot about it. Wouldn't it make sense to ask them about it? It's certainly true that some mistakes are better learned by making them yourself, but a whole lot aren't. Hell, half the time it's just stuff you're too close to see anymore.
The Swift playground is strikingly similar to many of the things we've done in Light Table. It's wonderful that Apple is taking that and running with it and I want these things to end up out there and make things better for devs. But I could've helped them skip some of the crap along the way and I've worked with other large organizations to help them do exactly that.
> To suggest that your opinion is more valid than theirs is hubris.
My opinion is no more valid, but given that their work looks fairly like our own, I certainly have the benefit of past experience. This isn't about hubris. I have a unique perspective in this particular case, one that no one else will have, as the creator of one of the things they were "heavily influenced" by. I'd rather they took advantage of that so that they can continue to push things even further and not fall into some traps that we did at Microsoft and with LT itself.
In any case, I'm sorry I seem to have offended you. My goal is not self aggrandizement, it's just to help do my part in making things better for us all.