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Joshua Davis indirectly pioneered this "design by code" mentality in my opinion. http://www.joshuadavis.com/

Cool guy, cool work, you should check him out. He's done work for BMW, Kanye West, Motorola, Nike, Volkswagen, HBO, etc.

There's certainly a place in the world for people who design by code. Just don't go too deep before gaining a core, functional skillet.