[chad_oliver]

"Everything uses American English"? Yeah, no. There's plenty of technical stuff on the web that uses British English.

[josephg]

There's very little code on the internet that uses British English. I'm Australian, and even when I write software that will only be used by other Australians, I still use American English so I don't have to think about it.

Spelling in documentation is much less important.

[oakesm9]

Do you have any examples to share? All the languages I've used have been american english, which is a sensible decision.