Beautiful Software: Christopher Alexander's research initiative on computing
I recently rewatched his address to OOPSLA[0] and it was funny to see him trying to avoid coming straight out and saying "you guys completely misunderstood the point of my work!" He tried to allow for the possibility that he was just misunderstanding, but it was pretty obvious that he knew that the Gang of Four style patterns movement took the surface level organization from his work and completely ignored the moral and ethical <i>point</i> of it all.<p>Glad to see he didn't leave off with that! We could do with more software people studying his <i>actual</i> work, which was building humane, living spaces that make people whole.<p>[0] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LdFA-_zfA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98LdFA-_zfA</a>