Two fairly famous developers who have published books/given talks that stand out as having had big impacts on me are Sandi Metz and Ilya Grigorik. I attended a Metz talk when I really needed it and read her books. There are several concepts in software development she really pounded home with me, like "hiding the mess" and the "squint test". Her books weren't as important to me as a few talks I've seen.
Grigorik writes about and talks a lot about browser networking and how to make fast web apps. His work really solidified some concepts for me and had a huge impact.
So those are two teachers in a sense, but I'm not sure they are "heroes". They're just software developers who have had a big impact on my line of thoughts. I also have a few important mentors in my life, but I'm not sure they're "heroes" either.
There are some historical figures I've read about and find fascinating. Two that stand out for various reasons are Alan Turing and Jean Jennings. But their actual work isn't all that relatable to me either.
John Carmack and Tim Berners-Lee stand out as developers who have accomplished amazing things that I have read a lot about.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are fascinating in their accomplishments as well, and from what I've read of them, I really look up to what they have done.
I don't know if any of these folks are heroes because I could add a ton of other coders to this list if I felt like.
Either way, everyone I've listed has either written a book and/or had one or more books written about them, so
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Two fairly famous developers who have published books/given talks that stand out as having had big impacts on me are Sandi Metz and Ilya Grigorik. I attended a Metz talk when I really needed it and read her books. There are several concepts in software development she really pounded home with me, like "hiding the mess" and the "squint test". Her books weren't as important to me as a few talks I've seen.
Grigorik writes about and talks a lot about browser networking and how to make fast web apps. His work really solidified some concepts for me and had a huge impact.
So those are two teachers in a sense, but I'm not sure they are "heroes". They're just software developers who have had a big impact on my line of thoughts. I also have a few important mentors in my life, but I'm not sure they're "heroes" either.
There are some historical figures I've read about and find fascinating. Two that stand out for various reasons are Alan Turing and Jean Jennings. But their actual work isn't all that relatable to me either.
John Carmack and Tim Berners-Lee stand out as developers who have accomplished amazing things that I have read a lot about.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are fascinating in their accomplishments as well, and from what I've read of them, I really look up to what they have done.
I don't know if any of these folks are heroes because I could add a ton of other coders to this list if I felt like.
Either way, everyone I've listed has either written a book and/or had one or more books written about them, so