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RE: https://toot.io/@andy_matuschak/116977701000509522 Boosting with the quoted image as text: Examples. In all artistic fields, from painting to writing to music to architecture, students study the works of the masters. (In fact, artists who claim to be “self-taught” usually mean that they learned purely from examples.) Much has been written about the failure of software engineering schools to provide examples of great works, expecting students to somehow derive style from first principles. Since software design isn’t yet recognized as an artistic field in the first place, its situation is even worse—the very concept of a gallery of software designs will seem absurd to most people. But a corpus is crucial for the development of any artistic field. Outstanding designs must be recognized, collected, and explicated. Furthermore, outstanding designers should be recognized and encouraged to teach, instead of hidden behind a corporate label.