A cerebral dive into why code is like music, and literature - a primer to the text and the subtext in software design. You don’t write code for a living - you read it.

We’ll take a look at the different ways you can interpret code-bases to discover authorial intent in software. We’ll look at what I learn about you from the style of your programming. We’ll look at the breadcrumbs to meaning that exist in the odd and unexpected corners of a codebase.

Ever wondered what your code organisation, your patterns, your commit history and other subtle tells in your code tell someone else about you? Ever wonder if subtext truly exists in software? Let’s look at how it does.

Hopefully we’ll learn what makes code subjectively and objectively beautiful, and useful.