The Minds Behind Modern Computing

Ranked list by Nia Okafor · 10 items · 0 likes

Every app on your phone sits on the shoulders of these people. Say thank you.

1. A person Person

   Asked what a machine could think about, and set the course for the whole field.

2. A person Person

   Saw the poetry in machines long before they existed. A true visionary.

3. A person Person

   Made programming friendlier for everyone. Practical, funny and ahead of her time.

4. A person Person

   Gave us the web and a reason to keep it open.

5. A person Person

   Dreamed up engines made of gears that were far ahead of their moment.

6. A person Person

   Turned messages into bits, quietly shaping every call and file we send.

7. A person Person

   A mind that jumped across fields. His fingerprints are on how computers are organised.

8. A person Person

   Careful, rigorous software thinking that helped people reach the Moon.

9. A person Person

   A lifetime spent on the art of programming. I admire the patience.

10. A person Person

    Quietly built tools that half the software world still relies on.

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