In four words, define programming.

Make machines do things

Another shit show. Great.

Frustration
depression
euphoria
anger

code

coffee

stackoverflow

repeat

Software development, writing code.

Words make circuits go

Works on my machine!

Make Rocks Think For Me

Noobs crying about js

accomplishing specific computing result

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Or when not computer programming:
Timed recording to VCR

Machines learning from humans

Instruct computer. Computer do.

Make money and burn

Insert sequence of commands

Encoding operations as operands

Imagine think write push

My favourite description of a computer is a function

f(p, in) -> [out]

such that for any other function g a value of p can be found such that

f(p, in) = g(in)

If a machine can be transformed into a function f that has this quality, it is a computer.

Edit: obviously g has to be computable so the actual rule is a bit different, but the gist of it is this.

@lbfalvy I felt it was unfair not to give you your 10kth ++

@piratefox Oh nice, didn't even notice when I crossed 9990

Write language noöne speaks

The Tell A Vision

Code, brainfarts, money, suffering.

Make computer go brrrrrrr

Produce syntactic logic. Farts.

obsess over useless crap

Shit, it's Monday again.

Crystallised thought at light-speed.

Anger makes pc brrr