Code Pride
Noun · Hacker Culture
Definitions
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."