Replying to @jscholes@dragonscave.space
@jscholes I think on some level, people love making things. There's probably a reason things like game maker and unreal's blueprints are so popular. Maybe even VB6 back in the day. Drag some UI around, copy paste or type a little bit of code, and boom. You have an app or game that does things. A lot of apps are gluing existing things together into a new configuration. But even just getting started can be so daunting that it is really difficult to just experiment. Even something as simple as HTML means you have to make sure you save the file correctly, you have to know what to type, etc. vs. just opening an app or game engine which fundamentally abstracts this in a way that the friction of just messing around is removed. You can learn as you go rather than having to invest a lot of effort into something you won't know you enjoy. If you want to make art you can just take any drawing app or paper, and start doing it. I guess this analogy does break down fairly quickly but I do think that just onboarding to development can be difficult and probably scares a lot of people off. @matt @nick