After discussing the readings this week, the one that stood out to me the most was the “Code is Political” source. Having been involved in coding for several years now, I have never really thought about this. After reading through this source, I have gained a deeper knowledge and understanding for those who are not native English speakers. In the coding world, everything seems to be in English, all tutorials, examples, and guidelines, English. This begs the question why. I think that since the largest technology companies have been founded in the United States of America.

To tie in with another week’s blog about esports, I think the coding world is also heavily male dominated and some of the backlash that the VICE article spoke about can be solved by having an “even” playing field. In the coming years, I think that the coding world will even out due to its popularity and knowing that anyone can do it after a little bit of hard work. Code being political also stems from the fact that each country’s government will oftentimes keep their code base for large systems locked away. This creates a gap among certain countries infrastructure which makes it political.

There is a question of whether or not coding should bridge the gap and switch into other languages. For me this would be very difficult but I can see it as an avenue for other leading countries to gain a clear advantage if they were able to code in their native tongue. Having said that, I definitely have a biased answer and would rather it stay in English due to personal gain.

I think a true fix for this would be to have a more inclusive language to type in. This could be thought of as a spoken language, but instead of that, a coding language, something similar to math where it is able to be seen and understood across the globe without any barriers to those who do not understand a certain dialect.

For a lighter tone, the code developed by a satirical group called trump script seems to be light hearted in nature depending on what political party you are in. This revolved around poking fun at some of our current president’s rhetoric and was definitely politely motivated albeit satirical for those who took part in it.

This really drives home the idea that no matter the topic, it is worth researching due to the unforeseen consequences and or parties involved in an ever-evolving field, what helps us stay connected, coding. Another interesting topic is whether or not there should be feminism within coding, this seems like an ever more important question. The answer to me is quite simple, the more people that are involved in coding, the more work gets done and the more things progress along in the world. Certainly, coding has a lot more behind it than whether or not your Facebook page loads in the blink of an eye.