Programming in PowerPoint can teach you a few things

<p>The starting point for today's conversation was an argument made by Guillermo Rauch in this <a href="https://rauchg.com/2020/next-for-vercel">blog post</a>. "And each time, your frontend has an opportunity to impress, delight, perform, be accessible and memorable. What's more, frontend is an area of <strong>technological and </strong><a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90521691/first-look-kanye-wests-new-website-turns-shopping-into-art" target="_blank"><strong>artistic</strong></a><strong> differentiation</strong>, while backend becomes increasingly commoditized, turnkey and undifferentiated."</p><p>Sure, <a href="https://youtu.be/_3loq22TxSc">programming in PowerPoint</a> isn't very practical. That doesn't mean it can't be lots of fun, and teach you a few things.</p><p>Speaking of learning things, we chat a bit about Alan Kay, who has <a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/alan_kay_a_powerful_idea_about_ideas?language=en">a wonderful talk</a> on the ways we can use computers to illustrate complex concepts to children.</p>