https://stackresearch.org/tags/metaphor/Recent content in Metaphor on Stack ResearchHugoen-usTue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stackresearch.org/research/executable-metaphors/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://stackresearch.org/research/executable-metaphors/<p>Metaphors already shape software.</p> <p>A pipeline moves data from one stage to another. Garbage collection reclaims unused memory. A queue holds work until something is ready to process it. These words are not decorative. They carry a small model of how a system should behave.</p> <p><a href="https://github.com/stack-research/executable-metaphors">Executable Metaphors</a> asks what happens if that model becomes the input to a compiler. A short analogy, written in Markdown, is treated as the source artifact. The generated code, build files, documentation, and repair scripts are outputs.</p>