Code Pride

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A sense of ownership and satisfaction in writing solid, thoughtful, well-maintained code. In healthy teams code pride motivates quality; in unhealthy ones it can slide into defensiveness and ego.

    In plain English: Pride in the quality and care of one's code.

    Example: "Their code pride showed up in the details: tidy interfaces, useful error messages, and tests that made future changes feel safer."

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