# Beyond the Grunts and Clicks: An Exploration into Doing Things the Hard Way

DevFeed: [Beyond the Grunts and Clicks: An Exploration into Doing Things the Hard Way](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/beyond-the-grunts-and-clicks-an-exploration-into-doing-things-the-hard-way-1770.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://signal.org/blog/hardness/>)

Published: 2015-01-31T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Signal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signal-blog.md>)

Topics: [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [podcast](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/podcast.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [user-interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interfaces.md>)

## AI overview

A reflective article contrasting Doug Engelbart's vision of fluent, efficient computer interaction with Steve Jobs' emphasis on simplicity. It connects those ideas to the writer's difficult but rewarding path into programming and web development, including finding community in Ruby.

## Source excerpt

Winter Break Of Code Day Nineteen I recently had the opportunity to listen to another amazing podcast from 99% Invisible, a program about "design, architecture and the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world." It got me thinking about how my world is shaped by the way I engage with computers. The podcast is a story about a computer scientist named Doug Engelbart who was, in essence, a crazy brilliant genius. He thought of ways to change how we interacted with computers and, most famously, was the inventor of the computer mouse. He also invented a specialized companion device to the mouse that worked like the one-hand equivalent of a keyboard. Read more...