It’s chicken…in a waffle cone. It’s fork-free. It’s @chickncone! I’m reading a book on automation and as I’m done getting the stories and theories, my brain goes to food.

Intelligent automation is powered by algorithms. Algorithms are made up of lines of code based on binary decisions. All those yes/no or 1/0 answers get strung together in thousands of lines of code to assess the situation and make a decision.

As I’m learning this process I start thinking about food that could’ve been designed by a computer.

Do you want to use a fork?
No

Do you want vegetables?
No

Do you want protein?
Yes

Do you want it grilled?
No

Do you want it fried?
Yes

Do you want Pork?
No

Do you want chicken?
Yes

Do you want cheese?
No

Do you want sauce?
Yes

Do you want Cinna-maple?
No

Do you want Buffalo Blue?
Yes

Do you want bread?
No

Do you want a tortilla?
No

Do you want messy hands?
No

Do you like sweet and savory?
Yes

Do you want a waffle cone?
Yes

Here’s you’re buffalo blue fried chicken in a waffle cone. Enjoy, thanks to an algorithm!

Do you want more than one?
Yes

Do you want the same again?
No

Do you want a chickncone with Kick’n Ranch?
Yes

Here’s your 2nd chickncone with Kick’n Ranch!

Do you want more than two?
Yes?

Do you want the same again?
No

…and now thanks to saucy fried chicken in a waffle cone, you’re an algorithmic genius. Congrats!

My question: is this version of coding known as coning?