by Rob Rix | [original source](https://github.com/robrix/Postmodern-Programming/blob/master/Postmodern Programming.md) | better format
The schedule calls this talk “Building a Better Mousetrap: Declarative Programming and You.” Mark Dalrymple calls it the same, but with “Moose” instead of “Mouse.” I’ve tried on a few other names for it in the meantime, and am now thinking of it as Postmodern Programming. I hope you’ll forgive the change, but I think this new title more accurately describes its subject.
I’ve gone through many iterations of this material, including a half-written GitHub client which was to be used to inspect its own source code and commits during the talk. I call it Navel-Gazing. We won’t be looking at it today (although it’s on my github page if you’re interested), but I think you’ll find its name appropriate to the talk, too.
As to why “Postmodern Programming” or “Navel-Gazing” or any of this might fit