[Author's Note:] This article is inspired by the work of José Manuel Pérez. A lot of the information presented here appeared, in one form or another, in a talk Perez gave at Render 2017 in Oxford, England. If this article inspires you, check out his original talk.
This talk was given at DevoxxUK by Jon Sneyers
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(Photo by Erol Ahmed)
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