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What can you actually do with programming? (lemmy.world)
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So recently I've stumbled upon a video, where a guy creates an animation by programming it with maanim.

And after that I also found a way to create music with programming too.

So I'm wondering.. What else can you actually create using programming? Besides the obvious software, VR, AR and all that

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

It's almost anything.

Objects? Python macro into FreeCAD into 3d printer. (Maybe there is a better way? I like having that final 3d editing space to tweak).

Literally any data-> data system. If you have structured data, and something wants structured data? Programmable.

Music is sooo mathematical when you get into it. But the creativity is recognising moving from one math to another, or just throwing math out the window. So yeh, programmable. Making it good? Creative

I hate to say, but LLMs show that some level of human interaction can be maths (it's all just floating point multiplication). (And I say "interaction", it's not intelligent or creative or anything actually human).

If it's maths, it can be programmed.