She didn’t write all of that, she had a team of programmers working under her

Really like her white and gold dress

Man, I thought when we left Reddit shit was going to change?

First off, SHE didn't write all the code, she led a team (And probably wrote a decent chunk herself). It wasn't by hand it was on computers, no one writes computer code by hand, that's just blatantly a myth, even punch cards were normally done BY the computer, not "by hand".

Also something I've questioned before is if that's really "The source code" and not maybe 11 copies (There's 11 binders there) Though most reports from reputable sources say that's "Listings". AKA that's the logging, not the code itself. The code itself may be printed out but would be kept on Punch cards (Again printed by the computer, not by hand). And the final form was actually a rope. (no really)

The thing is the story of Margaret Hamilton (And in fact most programmers of the time) is incredible enough. But when you blatantly lie like this it actually diminishes her accomplishment because it's obviously false and people will tear it down or disbelieve it because it's blatant misinformation.

This is why I left Next Fucking Level, because it became misinformation and karma whoring. It became about the "Story" rather than the actual person/skill/talent/figure. But on Reddit the reason was because people wanted Karma. Shouldn't we have left the basement tier BS and lying behind as well?

Including comments on the code with expressions like "Crank the silly thing arround", "see if he's lying", "off to see the wizard" and a sub-routine called "burnbaby". More here: https://www.sciencealert.com/the-code-that-took-astronauts-to-the-moon-is-now-on-github

She's definitely a legend.

Did you know that programs for the Apollo guidance computer were woven, by hand, in to Core Rope Memory modules?

TIL

She invented the term "software engineering"

Twitter employee getting ready for a code review with Elon

Imagine having to look for the missing semicolon in there.

And clickbait arrives on lemmy

This is the video of when she received the Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama: youtube.com/watch?v=X1PNp_YggAA

Wouldn't it have worked better if she wrote it into the computer? 🤔

She wrote code without stack overflow for her job, and the code worked as intended. That alone is worthy of respect.

These people should have millions of followers instead we follow kardashians. No wonder the world is going to end😥

Google did a cool tribute in 2019: g.co/Margaretbymoonlight

None of you better call yourselves nerds, THIS is a nerd.

Amazing. Punch cards are before my time but did she have to plot out the code before creating punch cards? I'm wondering about the " by hand " part of it.

The "Women of NASA" Lego set includes a display of a minifig Margaret Hamilton based on this photo.

Such a legend! Every time I see this post I'm stunned by the impact she made

Also worth remembering: The Apollo guidance computer had less compute power than a USB charger. That thing sent us to the moon. https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/a30916315/usb-c-charger-apollo-11-computer/