Heroics Glossary

Browse 3 heroics terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.

3 Heroics Terms

Code Commando: A developer who charges into problems alone, moves fast, and relies on personal firepower more than shared process. In engineering slang, the code commando is...
Code Firefighter: A developer who spends most of their time jumping from bug to bug, outage to outage, and emergency to emergency. In engineering slang, the code firefighter is...
Code Knight: A developer cast as a protector of quality, reliability, or shared standards, sometimes nobly and sometimes theatrically. In engineering slang, the code knight...