>>>strong connection between music/history (especially history) and software development.
>Goedel, Escher, Bach (when I could follow it) showed how similar patterns occur across music, math (logic) and drawing.
I remember when I was a teen and spent some time at my brother's house and found he had that book and I absolutely loved it. Unfortunately for me, I am terrible at both music and drawing and... well mostly every art that you can think of...
"The five senses obstruct or deform the apprehension of reality."
Jorge L. Borges?
"Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming."
Donald Knuth, repeating C. A. R. Hoare
"To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely"
Jorge L. Borges
