In a young mans life, there comes a time when his body seems to drastically change for what would seem for the worse; extra hair tangling up in places, skin isn't as fresh, and every trivial daily event can send him into a pit of emotion. One can draw from this example proverbially when looking at the media industry, only instead of going through this process once, it goes through it ALL THE TIME. I am referring to the annoying yet necessary process of software updates. In particular, the introduction of the new Coda 2.
Coda 2 is the sequel to the widely popular Coda; a piece of web development software used for primarily coding web pages. Coda has been the software of choice for development here at Indulge due to it's fairly intuitive layout and simplicity of use. Amongst other pieces of Mac based development software, it can be seen as at the top of its game. So why does it need a sequel?
Initially, using the new piece of software seemed like being thrust into a mirrored world where everything is in the wrong place and navigation seems impossible. Every thing loses all meaning and you find yourself breaking down wondering how you'll ever cope with this haphazard of chaos. And then you realise you can turn that off in the preferences. It's easy to complain about things that have changed for what would seem like the worse as it disrupts your natural flow, but like every new thing, you learn to live with it and often the case is that you're better off.
If we cross reference puberty again with Coda 2 features, we can see similarities so apparent, that you might think the software was developed as an outlet for a teenagers emotional toil. Look at the change in syntax colours for example; this can be compared to a teens dramatic change in appearance, from either the beauty of a filled out female figure or a sudden uncalled for growth spurt. Some would want to go back to who they were but most would embrace the change and use it to their advantage. Another example would be the CSS GUI popups. These can be compared to the cluelessness of entering adulthood. A teenager doesn't know what he's doing, but finds out by experimenting and being reckless, in the same way that anyone using the popup would be (well, maybe not quite the same way).
So conclusively, although puberty might seem like a confusing time in any young persons life, it doesn't last for too long and life only gets more interesting afterwards. Embrace change and you yourself will change to embrace.
