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@lizardlucas42 Around 20 years ago some
software developers coined this term around the idea that improving ones own
skills is an important part of our profession and necessary to build good
software. They borrowed the "craftman", and I assume didn't care too much about
making it inclusive. >
@lizardlucas42 Around 3 years we as a
community (I identify with the https://softwarecrafters.org/ whose Slack has
today 4,690 members) started to change the name, and to remove the "middleman"
and also to actively oust the toxic men that cling to the term.
@lizardlucas42 Worldwide tens of thousands
of engineers identify as softwarecraftsman, they have signed this manifesto:
http://manifesto.softwarecraftsmanship.org/
@lizardlucas42 So yes, you are right, it's
a subculture, with some baggage, but its focus on skills (or principles of good
software design) rather than on specific languages or solutions makes it so
interesting for me.