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Absolutely agree that programming and writing have lots in common. I usually don't write anything longer than a blog post, but even a short blog post takes a lot of time for me. Expressing your thoughts in words is hard! Likewise for programming :-)

When I thought about the similarities I came up with:

- both are about communicating your ideas clearly. For that you need good structure, and having a logical order.

- editing and revising is key. Also, compare with refactoring in coding.

- style - there are lots of ways you can have a unique style, even in programming.

More here: https://henrikwarne.com/2019/03/30/programming-math-or-writi...



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