Speaking of stories of people coding in the military and in other U.S. bureaucracies, these came to mind: How I got a medal from the Army for writing code (201

Speaking of stories of people coding in the military and in other U.S. bureaucracies, these came to mind: How I got a medal from the Army for writing code (2014): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7950190 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7950190 How learning to code kept me sane when I was a diplomat (2014): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8810589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8810589