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Hello World: The Film – About Devs, by a Dev

Shawn Wildermuth is planning a documentary about software development and asks for your support on Kickstarter.

Quote: “This film explains what code is, the people who build software, and why these interesting people dedicate their lives to code and coding. […] the film's focus is demystifying software development for non-tech folks”.

The list of people Shawn already has interviewed or plans to interview has familiar names in it: John Romero, Maria Klawe, Richard Campbell, Carl Franklin, Scott Hanselman, Chris Sells, Ted Neward, Barry Dorrans, Deborah Kurata, Julie Lerman, Glenn Block, John Papa, Phil Haack, James Chambers, Donna Malayeri, Joe Ficara, Kesha Williams, Sara Chipps. And there are more to come.

I already backed the project, maybe you’ll do too?

Read more about the film on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shawnwildermuth/hello-world-the-film

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  • The Kickstarter has been cancelled, the film is still panned, though. Shawn provides more info in the following blog post: https://wildermuth.com/2017/12/01/Ending-the-Kickstarter