[amagumori]

i don't think that's what she does. i think she's the Bob Ross of Linux. what she does is to evangelize learning about low-level debugging / tracing tools and such to a wide audience, with a tone of "you can do this! it's ok if you're a novice". if all talented programmers understood and encouraged beginners like she did, we'd have an embarrassment of great programmers.

[dano]

Yes - this. I'm pleased that younger people in my team are learning things from her posts. Being a grey-hair *nix guy (not a grey beard!) the posts are interesting, but I know there is a LOT more beneath the surface. She's a valuable addition to the net!