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Ask HN: Inspiring female programming blogs?
My wife has expressed an interest in learning to program and has been studying basic html/css.
What are some blogs of women who have/are learning to code that I can point her towards?
- ninja_to_be 11y agoWhile not a blog, Girl Develop It [1] is an active community that encourages female developers and provides them with numerous opportunities to learn the craft via classes and community support. A number of chapters exist in various cities throughout the US and there are high chances of it being present in your city as well. [1] https://www.girldevelopit.com/ https://www.girldevelopit.com/
- jonjacky 11y agoMary Rose Cook: http://maryrosecook.com/blog/archive http://maryrosecook.com/blog/archive Julia Evans: http://jvns.ca/blog/archives/ http://jvns.ca/blog/archives/ also http://jvns.ca/projects/ http://jvns.ca/projects/ Most of their articles are about technical topics beyond the beginner level, but each has some articles about learning and teaching in their archives. Tara Mahoney: https://medium.com/the-chronicles-learning-web-development-at/the-chronicles-learning-web-development-at-bitmaker-labs-e8e91656c546 https://medium.com/the-chronicles-learning-web-development-a... By a web designer self-taught in HTML/CSS, learning Ruby/Rails at a coding bootcamp.
- tptacek 11y agoStrong second for Evans blog. I love that blog.
- jonjacky 11y agoAlso -- these two are mostly technical, advanced: Jessica McKellar: http://web.mit.edu/jesstess/www/ http://web.mit.edu/jesstess/www/ Allison Kaptur: http://akaptur.com/blog/archives/ http://akaptur.com/blog/archives/ This one is mostly about teaching and learning: Django girls (Ola Sitarska and Ola Sendecka): http://blog.djangogirls.org/ http://blog.djangogirls.org/
- drakonka 11y agoProbably not as interesting as the others here but I have a blog where I write about my snail simulation (and in the past other hobby projects). Not all posts contain code but many do, especially in the 'dev' category: http://liza.io/category/dev/ http://liza.io/category/dev/ Maybe she should start a blog, too! I love following other dev blogs and I found that writing down what you've learned in a day or thoughts in general really helps to solidify the learning in my head, so blogging helps in that way.
- eecks 11y agoCan women not be inspired by or learn from men?
- saywahat 11y agoMale chauvanist pig!!! How dare you! I'm offended, outraged, and flabbergasted by your statement!
- dylanjermiah 11y agoI do not know understand, what relation does the gender of the teacher have to their ability to teach? Or is it an example that it can be done?
- NeutronBoy 11y agoRole models/mentors are important.
- dylanjermiah 11y agoI still don't understand how gender plays into this, I have no data to support my presumptions. But I would think that it might make an effect but not a significant one.
- brudgers 11y agoThere exists a vast array of academic literature, philosophic theory, and rampant opinion on the role of role models; structural delegitimization of the experience of those economically, socially, or politically disadvantaged; and the diverse ways in which humans learn from experience. Searching for and availing yourself of those resources would probably be the most advantageous way to address any substantial curiosity you might possess on the topic. Then again, it stands to be somewhat more work than what can be proffered with the caveat "I have no data to support my presumptions".
- NeutronBoy 11y agoReally? You don't see any advantage in having someone to ask for advice who has likely gone through similar situations that you'll find yourself in?
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- paperrr1 11y agoapparently only females can inspire other females....
- kifki 11y agoI like Lea Verou: http://lea.verou.me http://lea.verou.me and Nicole Sullivan: http://www.stubbornella.org/content/ http://www.stubbornella.org/content/
- Avalaxy 11y agoJust any programming blog. I don't see why it matters if the author is a female, you won't even notice that by looking at the code. Unless you're implying code written by a female looks different?
- eecks 11y agoExactly, we're being downvoted for stupid reasons.
- tptacek 11y agoJoanna Rutkowska is hardcore low-level Intel platform security, which in her case involves a tour of the guts of Intel chipsets: http://blog.invisiblethings.org/ http://blog.invisiblethings.org/
- ropman76 11y agoher overview of SGX is worth the read (at least for me) http://blog.invisiblethings.org/2013/08/30/thoughts-on-intels-upcoming-software.html http://blog.invisiblethings.org/2013/08/30/thoughts-on-intel...
- japhyr 11y agoI'm always interested in what Katie Cunningham has to say. http://therealkatie.net/blog/ http://therealkatie.net/blog/
- carise 11y agoPeople have mentioned some great blogs! Another one that came to my mind is Jennifer Dewalt, who built 180 websites in 180 days to teach herself coding: http://jenniferdewalt.com/ http://jenniferdewalt.com/
- CindyPtn 11y agoI've been looking for other blogs by other women out of curiosity, even if gender is not really important for a programming blog. I occasionally blog too, you can check out at http://blog.cindypotvin.com/ http://blog.cindypotvin.com/