Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning, but without beauty in its so-called 'better-idiots'

The ability to write a Beautiful program that gets the job done is what truly makes you a developer, a designer or more specifically and truthfully: a programmer.

Just like artists learn how to use the drawing pad and ink to compose their work, so also does coding a program involves learning, Learning not just to get the job done but to express yourself to others as a coder that appreciates art, beauty and colors.
Most times when i code, i prefer to use a text-editor or an IDE that heavily uses syntax-highlighting and color-differentiation, it does not only control the way i express the logic of what I'm doing to the machine I'm instructing but it also express my appreciation of beauty, simplicity and a sublime environment. Most especially for open-source enthusiasts just like myself, our codes will be read and parsed by people interested in learning from it, your ability to write un-minified programs, readable source codes and beautiful ones is what makes it stand down and the download meter count higher.

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