Margaret Hamilton's Real Deliverable Was a 400-Person Team
She led more than 400 engineers writing Apollo's flight software, and that headcount — not the code — is what transferred to every software team since.
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Margaret Hamilton Died at 90; Software Engineering Outlasted Apollo
Apollo's software lead died on September 30 at 90; the part of her credit that still shows up on an org chart is the discipline.
The Last Lighthouse Keepers: How Automation Retired an Entire Profession
Electric lamps, rotating beacons, and remote monitoring removed keepers from the towers one by one over a century, turning a respected maritime job into a symbol of what automation erases.
The First YouTube Video Has Become a Quiet Protest Against Its Own Policies
YouTube cofounder Jawed Karim has repeatedly used the description of his first upload, 'Me at the zoo,' to criticize platform decisions, including the removal of dislike counts.