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Similar story, or even more impressive, since the code was written in emergency and actually useful: https://www.wired.com/story/how-taiwans-unlikely-digital-m

• wenc 3y ago
  Audrey Tang (formerly Autrijus Tang), Taiwan's minister of digital affairs, was a prolific perl hacker back in the day with many contributions on CPAN. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang
  • hedgehog 3y ago
    Also a Sandstorm contributor I think.
  • gettodachoppa 3y ago
    Girls rock! Let this be a lesson to those who say women can't be techy hackers.
    • coldtrait 3y ago
      >By the year 2000, at the age of 19, Tang had already held positions in software companies, and worked in California's Silicon Valley as an entrepreneur.[11] >In late 2005, Tang began transitioning to female, including changing her English and Chinese names, citing a need to reconcile her outward appearance with her self-image.
    • rowanG077 3y ago
      ... Who says that? Like really. In the dozen or so of years I have spend in the software domain I have literally never hear anyone say that.
    • boeingUH60 3y ago
      Who said that except the straw man you created in your head?
  • boeingUH60 3y ago
    > As a conservative anarchist, Tang ultimately desires the abolition of Taiwan and all states, and justifies working for the state by the opportunity it affords to promote worthwhile ends. Undoubtedly a skilled person, but with weird politics.
  • zdimension 3y ago
    Many contributions on CPAN, true, though maybe more notably she did also lead the development of the first Perl 6 (now Raku) compiler