{"url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/92/the-programmer-works-on-little-programs-the-compiler-manages", "author": {"handle": "brendancodykenny", "name": "Brendan Cody-Kenny", "headline": "Technical Due Diligence for Software M&A", "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny", "photo": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/photo?v=1790520774"}, "post": {"id": 92, "url": "https://sub.xiliary.com/p/brendancodykenny/posts/92/the-programmer-works-on-little-programs-the-compiler-manages", "kind": "update", "summary": "The programmer works on little programs. The compiler manages the large program.", "verbatim": null, "details": ["I can write a simple script that reads linter results and produces a slide.", "In production that behaviour is distributed across exclusions, classifications, grouping, rendering and shared infrastructure.", "To change the slide, extract a comprehensible executable slice, edit it, then compile and patch the change back into the system.", "The editable representation is organised for understanding; production code is organised for integration."], "links": [], "tags": ["architecture", "compilers", "program-slicing"], "happened_on": null, "created": "2026-11-08T14:54:07.415843Z", "edited": null, "source": null}}