[LRUG] Trying to locate a blog post referenced on LRUG chat

[Patrick Gleeson]

Ten points to Mr Swingler! Re-finding that scratches an itch that's been
driving me mad for weeks. Thank you.

On 4 April 2017 at 10:59, Roland Swingler <roland.swingler at gmail.com> wrote:

> (really great article I think).
>
> On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Roland Swingler <
> roland.swingler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://blog.aurynn.com/contempt-culture
>>
>> This one?
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Patrick Gleeson <
>> patrick.c.gleeson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi LRUG,
>>>
>>> My Google-fu (and Gmail inbox search-fu) has failed me. At some point in
>>> the last year I'm pretty sure someone on LRUG linked to a fascinating blog
>>> post that was a rant about when coders start hating on other people's
>>> technology stacks. It pointed out that for people who don't come into
>>> coding through computer science degrees, a fairly common route is setting
>>> up something simple like a blog, then hacking around with Wordpress plugins
>>> to customise it, then learning a bit more about coding with PHP and taking
>>> it from there. It then argued that people who take that route tend to be
>>> more diverse than the typical CS demographic, and if people in the industry
>>> industry keep on being school-playground-level nasty about languages like
>>> PHP just because they're not the language they're most used to, we'll
>>> stifle diversity by discouraging people taking route in to the industry.
>>>
>>> Does that ring any bells? I really want to cite the original article for
>>> something I'm working on. Ten internet points for anyone who can point me
>>> towards it.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Patrick
>>>
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