Something I’ve been doing over the years without really thinking about it too much is introducing progressive ideas into my tutorials. Here’s a few examples:
- Back in 2018, I wrote a tutorial on how to make a Twitter bot that posts random images of protest art.
- I also wrote about how I learned that a bunch of sites were hotlinking images from one of my side projects, and showed how to serve a Black Lives Matter logo instead.
- And in a recent data visualization tutorial, I used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics to show the relation between worker strikes and the minimum wage.
It’s just a way for me to keep my writing from being too sanitized, too disconnected from the real world, and the issues technology should be addressing.
Somebody please stop me, or tell me this already exists, before I go and register a domain name, but it would be pretty neat to have a coding blog that casually injects leftist ideas.
Hey everyone!
I’m looking for examples of what I’d refer to as “progressive tutorials”. Coding or other tech-related tutorials that introduce progressive ideas and themes, without being overtly political.
A proposed idea I shared online received pretty enthusiastic responses, so while I give this a bit more thought, I’d love to hear from others, and maybe share a few more examples others want to send to me.
- Select Star SQL teaches SQL using data from inmate executions, and invites you to re-evaluate your position on capital punishment (thanks to @nebkor for the link!)