overdubbing is a familiar concept from sound art. we record a layer of audio. we replay it, and we simultaneously record another layer, exactly parallel to it. and the structure can grow very rich and complex from here.
an analogue into textual composition:
eg, when i develop documentation using github issues, i tile two tabs side by side. one contains one layer that is committed earlier, ie, a read view for an issue, and in another tab, i open the same issue in edit mode. so i can read in a flow from the former, and change the latter, on the fly. and i can repeat, for any such improvement iteration.
overdubbing is a familiar concept from sound art. we record a layer of audio. we replay it, and we simultaneously record another layer, exactly parallel to it. and the structure can grow very rich and complex from here.
an analogue into textual composition: eg, when i develop documentation using github issues, i tile two tabs side by side. one contains one layer that is committed earlier, ie, a read view for an issue, and in another tab, i open the same issue in edit mode. so i can read in a flow from the former, and change the latter, on the fly. and i can repeat, for any such improvement iteration.