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Yes, coding in your very broad sense is necessary to modeling in Granger's sense. The bigger problem is that coding isn't sufficient for modeling. We can and do get lost in the det…

Coding at work is certainly not optimized for practice. NFL players do an exceptional amount of highly optimized training in addition to their "work" of playing the game: http://ww…

See also Rich Hickey's Hammock Driven Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f84n5oFoZBc

Yep, I don't get why Wolfram language would replace APIs we already have in place. Because it's in natural language? WolframAlpha demonstrates (unsurprisingly) that it's still fini…

Many efforts underway already. To add to the list http://fluxtream.org http://lockerproject.org/

Here's a writeup about a recent study that showed interviewers couldn't predict GPA any better when the interviewees answers were accurate versus random: http://www.danielwillingha…

The headline is misleading, but the article itself is more solid in this regard. In fact, if you want children to be able to think, you shouldn't "teach them to think". You should …

Not sure how deep down the rabbit hole you want to go, but here's what I know: The field of intelligent tutoring systems is essentially how to break up a problem and estimate your …

I've been thinking about this for a while--I created a spaced repetition system to digitize and learn material in college (alas, I don't use it anymore). I have a philosophical app…

Sounds a lot like Kaizen. I liked this -- appropriately short -- book for more real-life examples and background: http://www.amazon.com/Small-Step-Change-Your-Life/dp/0761129...

Not that passion can't reinforce grit, but I tend to think that it's actually grit that causes passion, as Cal Newport often argues: http://calnewport.com/blog/2010/01/23/beyond-pa…

Not only that, but his countering suggestion is a single word, "value", that he doesn't define or substantiate. Beyond any simple idea of what people want, you almost always need t…

Nocera is a pretty good (funny) speaker too. Talk from Jan 11 http://youtu.be/D3HNrAGWoAI

The book Rails AntiPatterns addresses many: http://www.amazon.com/Rails-AntiPatterns-Refactoring-Addison...