Hacker News Reader

> Coding is pretty straight-forward in comparison.

Really? I suppose it depends on what you mean. Sometimes "coding" can be akin to writing a single bar in someone else's composition. Other times you're writing a whole opera yourself, from scratch. They're two different ball parks.

I find coding elicits the same things you've mentioned about composing.

View on HN

Interesting, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's very different for different people.

For me, coding comes very naturally indeed. Next, writing, then music, and finally visual art which I find next-to impossible to master. :-)

And when I say "naturally", I have no doubt that there is a direct correlation between what comes most "naturally" to me, and what I've spent the most time over the years practicing.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com