"Why should we do IVX?"—— Interview with IVX CEO Meng Zhiping to understand IVX corporate culture

● Preface

Recently, I had the honor to meet iVX CEO I had an interview , This brief interview made me understand iVX The unknown side , It also makes me feel more deeply iVX Special corporate culture .

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● Why do we do iVX？

iVX  It's been there

About why we should do iVX, This question has been asked countless times . Before I answer that question , Let me tell you a story first ： Once Michelangelo talked about his famous works “ David ” The statue once said ：“ I didn't create David , He was already in the stone , I just knocked the extra stone off ”.

To be honest , This is with me iVX I feel the same “It’s there!”, The development of the program should be so simple ！ We just try to get rid of those “ redundant ” “ complex ” Part of （ For example, grammar , For example, complicated operation ）, Keep the most essential things （ The logic of the program ）, Then I got a name “iVX” only .

Why is it called iVX

Here I tell you several versions , Choose whatever you like .

Version of a ：i LOVE X

X representative “ uncertainty ”, On behalf of “Complex complexity ”, Or island movies , You can use your imagination .

Version 2 ：VB、VC、VS… We are Visual The ultimate version of “VX”

Anyone familiar with programming languages knows VB、VC、Visual Studio, Inside “V” representative “ visualization ” It means ; and “X” representative “ ultimate ”、“ Unknown ”、“ mysterious ” It means , for example ：X-men、X Team、XCode, We hope we develop “ Code free visual programming language ”, Is the ultimate goal of programming language , So I used it. “X”. And one of “i”, Yes “ Self - ”、“ Individualization ”、“ self-confidence ” The meaning of , similar “iPhone” With “i”; Of course “i” Also have interactive Interaction means .

Version 3 ：i(*,*),i  On behalf of an individual ,V representative “*” Yes ,X representative “*” wrong

i(V,X) It's a function , Every choice in life is like two input variables , And the accumulation of this function countless times , Is the result of life .

iVX Trying to solve something

iVX What problem are you trying to solve ？ Generally speaking, it's just one ——“ Explore the shortest path to program development ”！ First , Let's take a look at the two core elements of Internet research and development ： Developers and Applications . secondly , Where else can these two elements be optimized ？

Developer threshold is too high ; reason ： Programming language is difficult to master , There is a big gap with human natural language ; Grammar and structure are complex ;
Slow development , It's easy to make mistakes ; reason ： Write code line by line , It is prone to various grammatical and spelling mistakes ;
The development environment is complex , Background resource management is complex ; reason ： It didn't come true “ Cloud native ” Development and environment deployment ;
System maintenance costs are high ; reason ： Numerous programming languages and Architectures , Secondary development relies heavily on the original developers and teams ;
Difficult management communication ; reason ： Highly asymmetric information between managers and programmers ;
It is difficult to manage programmers quantitatively ; reason ： There is no way to quantify the work of programmers , Both quality and quantity are difficult to have specific indicators ;
Intellectual property protection is difficult ; reason ： The resignation of developers will bring the risk of loss of R & D assets .

Separately , We hope to pass iVX Project research , Solve these problems ：

Is it possible 10 Improve the R & D efficiency of applications and systems ？ And naturally integrated “ Cloud native ” The plan ？
Is it possible 10 Lower the threshold of programming language learning ？
Is it possible 10 Reduce the operation and maintenance cost of enterprise programming products by times ？
Is it possible to generate code automatically , Greatly improve the quality of engineer code ？
Find the shortest path for application development , by AI Programming creates possibilities ！

summary

On the surface ,iVX Is a IDE（ Integrated development environment ）, But because you can edit “ Arbitrary logic ”, Therefore, it is also a language ; More importantly, this language , It's not like a high-level language Java、Python、C/C++… A certain or new high-level language in , It's a kind of “ new generation ” Language , Is a language independent of all existing high-level languages . And the characteristic of this language is “ There is no code ” and “ visualization ”！

Of course iVX It didn't happen out of thin air , The development process must rely on one or several existing high-level languages .iVX It is used in the front end and the middle stage JavaScript Language and supports abstract syntax trees （AST, Support to recompile the front-end console into any other language type ）, Back end connectivity to cloud computing IaaS Resource layer , Use Go The language is packaged into a similar DLL My bag .

In depth ,iVX It is a productivity tool , With iVX The widespread use of will greatly enhance the Internet and IT Productivity of the industry , Bring new changes to the whole industry ！ Any progress in productivity , It's not all plain sailing ,iVX As a brand new “ Productivity ” Tools , And be ready to meet all kinds of challenges ！

When the steam locomotive was invented , Despised by the coachman ;

When the assembly line was invented , Resisted by the handicraft industry ;

Mobile payment , Let the business hall of ICBC close at the door , Of course, it also brought the thief's job .

Any revolutionary innovation and invention , Will be accompanied by a new round of division of labor and social progress , At the same time, it will also bring challenges to the vested interests of the original social division of labor .

iVX In essence, it is an innovation and invention in the field of programming , It's the Internet IT A battle in the field of development “ revolution ”！

“ Get rid of program syntax , Preserve program logic ”, Maybe millions of people have had this idea , Less than 10000 people have seriously thought about how to achieve , Less than a thousand people actually implement this idea , There are less than 100 people who have continued to invest for many years , Really make available products , A few people's ears .

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● iVX The enterprise culture

iVX The goal is to iVX Become the most widely used programming language , The common goal is to judge whether each employee creates value for the company . We hope iVX The team has a sense of honor and common ideals , And strive for this common ideal . As long as the work done is consistent with this goal , Then this employee is on the right path , That's right. . conversely , If the work done conflicts with the goal , That's obvious , This is wrong , Should not be advocated . The management rules of the company or the assessment system used by personnel will change , But this goal will not change .

About this goal , It is grand , It is an ideal that needs time to realize . If it's just a gadget , that iVX The goal has already been reached , But we want it to be a programming language , Even the most widely used programming language ,‘ widely ’ We hope it is a global word , Not limited to China , If one day brothers in Africa can write code together , Then we must be very happy . So what we have achieved is far from enough , Still need to work hard , To practice , To strive .

Every member of our team needs to participate in an assessment system , Need to learn to use iVX, In this way, everyone can be integrated , We can call this model ‘ Expert culture ’. Everyone of us is iVX Experts using , Can grasp iVX. Every employee should restrain himself at two levels . Internally, we should evaluate ourselves rationally , Externally, we should make objective assumptions . So as to understand what can be changed and what cannot be changed , Only after making this clear can we strictly demand ourselves , So as to achieve the common goal of the company .

Finally, summarize the corporate culture ： Fairness and respect , Expert culture , Pursue the essence , Do things well , Everyone should be able to settle accounts , The greatest truths are the simplest , Give up when you know something wrong , Efficiency principle .