New York Times profile revisits Hamilton's role before CS became male-dominated
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The New York Times published a feature, 'Before Computer Science Became a Boys' Club, Margaret Hamilton Wrote the Code,' examining her pioneering position in the field's early, more gender-balanced years.
“Absolute legend, it was my honour to meet her and have a conversation with her just a few years ago, super nice and still sharp.”
planet4589.bsky.social, Bluesky user · bluesky ↗Margaret Hamilton Computer scientist, led Apollo flight software teamOlivier de Weck MIT Apollo Program Professor, interim head of AeroAstro
Barack Obama Former U.S. PresidentLauren Hamilton's daughter
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Margaret Hamilton has died. Absolute legend, it was my honour to meet her and have a conversation with her just a few years ago, super nice and still sharp. Ave atque vale Margaret. news.
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# BBCNews - Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx5yn4 6j41zpo
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Even rocket science isn't "rocket science". Keep in mind that everything we do is built upon abstractions created by others. The people building rockets aren't inventing the rocket from scratch and in some cases they even use off-the-shelf parts (as long as their rating matches the engineers' calculations). Yes, it's incredibly complex and they…
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I previously made a short comic about Margaret Hamilton and her work on the Apollo flight software: https://fosscomics.com/posts/5.%20The%20Beginning%20of%20Sof... Sharing it again in her memory. May she rest in peace.
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So sad to hear that the iconic, trailblazing, Apollo 11 moon landing software engineering lead, Margaret Hamilton, is no longer with us. Love this image of her, standing next to a print out of the software that landed Buzz Aldrin and Neil Amstrong on the moon! 👩🔬🔭🛰️🧪 ℹ️:
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RIP Margaret Hamilton, director of software engineering for the Apollo program. She coined the term “software engineering”. I vividly remember her keynote at ICSE 2018 in Sweden. She signed her lego set for one of my kids. She was an inspiration to many. https://www. nytimes.com/2026/10/07/obituar…
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Most of "traditional" engineering is not rocket science. I've worked in multiple industrial companies with traditional engineer and their jobs has a lot in common with ours. Hillel Wayne wrote an interesting article about the subject : I just asked them point blank. “Do you consider software engineering actually engineering?” Of the 17 crossovers…
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I will forever keep the image in my mind of her standing next to the Apollo program code books.
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“To say Margaret Hamilton was… ahead of her time would be a dramatic understatement. She was a software engineer at a time when it was in its infancy, & not only developed advanced code but also led a team using that nascent technology to develop [a] complex system” #RIP news.
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🕯️ Margaret Hamilton, pionnière de l'informatique surtout connue pour son travail au MIT où elle a dirigé le développement du logiciel de vol pour les missions Apollo vers la Lune, est décédée à 90 ans le 30 septembre. Auteure de plus de 130 publications, Hamilton a contribué à faire du génie logiciel une discipline à part entière. Sa biographie…
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someone Accurately stating someone’s accomplishments doesn’t bring them down, though. Chill. You are mad at the wrong thing. If people didn’t continually mislead people about this it wouldn’t be necessary. Stop forcing malicious intent when it’s not reasonable.
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Giornata triste per il mondo dello spazio. All'età di 90 anni è morta all'informatica Margaret Hamilton. Guidò lo sviluppo del software delle navette Apollo news.
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Rest in peace to one of the greatest female heroes in computer science history. 🫡 https:// news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-ham ilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
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Ha muerto Margaret Hamilton, pionera de la programación y una de las fundadoras de la «ingeniería del software» 😔
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RIP Margaret Hamilton, the software engineer and inspiring tech leader that got us to (literally) the moon. https:// news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-ham ilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
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Margaret Hamilton døde i går. Hun profesjonaliserte programmeringsfaget og ledet teamet som skrev koden som brakte mennesket til månen. Hun er kodekvalitetens mor, og hun forlater oss i en tid der quick fixes og vibe-koding får mange til å glemme verdien av kode med høy kvalitet. 🚀🌔
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R.I.P. Margaret Hamilton BBC News - Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90 https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx5yn4 6j41zpo
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Margaret Hamilton nous a quittés. C'était une grande dame qui nous laisse un grand héritage. Bon voyage vers les étoiles 🚀 news.mit.edu/2026/margare... (Si vous parlez anglais, l'article revient sur l'ensemble de sa carrière, il mérite d'être lu.)
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True icon in software-engineering. In contrast to the current, move fast and break things, generation she came from an era where there was little to no margin for error. "There was no second chance. We knew that. We took our work seriously, many of us beginning this journey while still in our 20s. Coming up with solutions and new ideas was an…
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I missed this. Computer Scientist Margaret Hamilton passed away on 30 September. I'n not even trying to squeeze her immense work into few lines of a post. R.I.P. and Thank You. en.
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Margaret Hamilton, probably the person most responsible for putting a man on the # moon has died at 90. # legend
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“Our astronauts didn’t have much time, but thankfully they had Margaret Hamilton” (Barack Obama) #space #softwaredevelopment @theguardian.com
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Margaret Hamilton, scientist on NASA's Apollo program, dies https://www. dw.com/en/nasa-apollo-program- pioneer-margaret-hamilton-dies/a-79589778?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into News @ news-thenewsdesk
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# MargaretHamilton , trailblazer whose # software powered # Apollo11 # MoonLanding , dies at 90 | Space | The Guardian https://www. theguardian.com/science/2026/o ct/07/margaret-hamilton-moon-computer-software # NASA # Apollo # ComputeScience # SoftwareEngineering # Technology # Computing # SpaceTravel
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