Thanks for this. It's often hard to miss the effort put into something by only pointing out flaws.
> Best thing imo is the idea to go forward and backward through code and see the results live
Yeah, this is the main idea and driver for me. The reason why I chose algorithms is because I could get reasonably small bits of code that accomplish a job on their own, and build something up top of that. Code is already open source and reusable, but turning this into a general purpose tool requires much more dedication. But you're right, introducing algorithms along with this concept also opens Pandora's box in terms of confusion & opinions.
> Best thing imo is the idea to go forward and backward through code and see the results live
Yeah, this is the main idea and driver for me. The reason why I chose algorithms is because I could get reasonably small bits of code that accomplish a job on their own, and build something up top of that. Code is already open source and reusable, but turning this into a general purpose tool requires much more dedication. But you're right, introducing algorithms along with this concept also opens Pandora's box in terms of confusion & opinions.