Open substrates for transparent, accessible programming

Tomas Petricek

Vision Statement submitted to Substrates 2025.

For a long time, programming has been conceptualized as the act of writing code. This view comes with a number of assumptions. Code is written, compiled into an executable and then used by a user who is distinct from the programmer writing the code. Thinking about programming as interacting with (or operating within) a substrate makes it possible to rethink basic assumptions about programming.

Draft and more information

• Download vision statement (PDF)
• Check out the Substrates workshop at ‹Programming› 2025

Comments are welcome!

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