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It's been a few days, with a lot of misunderstanding in replies. That's on me for not communicating my point effectively, so let me expand on and clarify.

Suppose you encounter "HTML isn't a real programming language" as an example of gatekeeping people out of tech. It's a real and really awful canard that techbros use, even now.

Very roughly, you can respond in one of two ways:

• Expand the definition of "programming language"
• Challenge the idea that programming is necessary to be in tech