Code like a girl

Jeg leste nettopp dette legendariske blogginlegget av Kathy Sierra og følte en enorm trang til å berømme det her. Uttrykk som metrosexual programming får meg til å glise, og følgende avsnitt kan jeg lese igjen og igjen. Det varmer mitt hjerte.

(...) I think "girl code" is quite a compliment. Because caring about things like beauty makes us better programmers and engineers. We make better things. Things that aren't just functional, but easy to read, elegantly maintainable, easier--and more joyful--to use, and sometimes flat-out sexy. A passion for aesthetics can mean the difference between code that others enjoy working on vs. code that's stressful to look at. And whether we like it or not, most of the world associates an appreciation for beauty more with women than men (especially geek men). Women may have a genetic advantage here.

Takk, Kathy!