https://randomshelly.com/ Shelly Gibbens writes about how programmers think, how different brains collide, and what happens when nobody can see inside anybody else's head. en-us Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:54:02 +0000 https://randomshelly.com/syntax/the-syntax-is-the-easy-part/ https://randomshelly.com/syntax/the-syntax-is-the-easy-part/ Wed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Syntax Every beginner programming resource teaches the part the IDE already knows, and skips the part that actually makes the difference.