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I dont think I would consider it art any more than designing a car is art. I think art is always something that is made with art in mind. It is kind of hard to pin down what art actually is (and what isnt) but I think for an artist the main goal is not to make it "work" but to give other people some impression.
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ChappIO46977yNope, pure craftsmanship not art. Art is made to question, be critical and invoke reaction. My work is made to help people. They are tools.
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lotd79227yConsidering it art, implies you're doing things out of the norm to provoke reactions.
Or am I misunderstanding something? :p
I used to troll my teachers like that, I don't anymore as it mostly only increases your cognitive overhead. -
Some code is art, some code is craft.
Art implies an individual signature style, which is undesirable in most professional work projects.
But I would consider some personal projects art, because they feel nice and intricate and cryptic, they were born from egotistical desires to show off rather than writing team-readable code, and they're entertaining or thought provoking more than they're functional.
But again, at work it's a craft, not an art. -
bioDan61597yThe product of your code can be art.
You can also write code like poetry which can be considered as an art.
Like for example, the famous bash fork bomb:
:(){ :|: & };:
This 1 LOC is very poetic and so also artistic in my view.
But overall i view the process of programming as a craftmanship and design-driven, which is creative but not necessarily "art". -
Modern art. Like the unmade bed and the half a pickled dead sheep that were famous several years ago. (I joke, honest.)
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