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

[Patrick Gleeson]

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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