| 23 Jul 2021 |
 davidak | i think about the potential it has. it will take 10+ years to make it accessible to the mainstream | 04:01:37 |
 matthewcroughan - nix.zone | So we have to do the impossible, and make the world's first fully competent visual programming system that normal users can use to great effect. | 04:01:44 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | Somehow, I don't think that's as achievable as we want it to be. | 04:01:59 |
 David Arnold | I think draw by numbers combines that rather elegantly. We already have a graph of config options. | 04:02:19 |
| David Arnold | It shouldn't be too hard to connect the leaves and dots in a visually appealing and intuitive way. | 04:02:40 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | it's certainly possible, and I really like node programming like node-red. | 04:03:03 |
| David Arnold | (the main ones to get one going) | 04:03:03 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | But most users don't even want to believe they're programming. | 04:03:10 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | If they think they're programming, they might reject it on that basis. | 04:03:19 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | But Nix is code, and that is how it has to be, in my view. I am always hoping this isn't true. | 04:03:37 |
| David Arnold | Maybe really just a dynamic option tree where you can click through and when you click on an option, all suboptions come available and documentation is presented. | 04:03:54 |
| matthewcroughan - nix.zone | In reply to @blaggacao:matrix.org
Maybe really just a dynamic option tree where you can click through and when you click on an option, all suboptions come available and documentation is presented. I've then been hit with a response to that, which is that "A list of options isn't helpful" | 04:04:18 |
