SAMURAI

Why the Samurai? I developed this website as a web application in 2016 mostly for fun and out of self-reflection. At that time it was commonplace to refer to incredibly capable developers as "Code Ninjas". In film and popular culture, Ninjas are depicted as secretive assassins who hide their faces and hide in the shadows in order to use deception and cunning to achieve nefarious goals at the behest of paying clients. Not in my view the sort of way that I wanted to go about Software Engineering and offering my services as a Software Engineer, and so my conception of the Code Samurai was born. The analogy has held true in many ways. The legendary Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi (c. 1584) wrote much in his book A Book of Five Rings that guide a Software Engineer in The Way of C#. According to Daidōji Yūzan (b. 1639) a Samurai is expected to serve the interests of his master, his employer, and ensures that his sword faithfully protects and executes the will of his master. Of all the..