A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

code like a girl

I came across this phrase a few weeks ago while looking for information on some CSS topic I was struggling with. I could immediately identify because I pore over my code until it’s perfect (to me). Occassionally, I let things slip. But they nag at me every time I see the code until I have to straighten it out. I even clean up the sloppy code on scripts I end up not using. I can’t stand testing a messy script. (I don’t know if this is a girl thing or an obsessive-compulsive thing.)

So in honor in these two blog posts: the simple definition and the more-detailed version, I created a button for anyone who wants to let the world know they are code perfectionists.

code like a girl button

I used a free button-maker I found online. If code is poetry (the motto of Wordpress), then girly code is haiku.

September 6, 2006 | Filed Under Random Bits 

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    4 Responses to “code like a girl”

    1. Robert on September 18th, 2006

      Amanda,

      I don’t think it’s a girl thing or an obsessive-compulsive thing, is a pride thing. I’m a programmer by profession and I write well formatted code. I don’t think I would call it girly code, but code that is written in a sloppy manor is just bad code. Being sloppy, and this goes for anything, is just a sign that you don’t really care about what you’re doing.

      Robert.

    2. Amanda Brooks on September 19th, 2006

      Robert,

      I agree with you that well-written code is simply professional code. (I’m not claiming to be a professional coder.) But after I read the two blog posts I referenced in my post, I wanted to have fun with the concept. As the longer post I referenced pointed out, even the so-called professionals often churn out sloppiness.

      Not to mention the fact that I wanted to create my own Web 2.0 button.

      XX
      Amanda

    3. Jessica Land on March 27th, 2008

      I LOVE it, especially as I’m simply perusing blogs while I let a database coding issue marinate in my head!

      Must. Be. Perfect.

      xoxo
      jessica

    4. Amanda Brooks on March 28th, 2008

      Jessica,

      :)

      I don’t envy your database issues. I usually get my problem solved in the middle of the night, often when I can’t remember it when I wake up.

      XX

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