[vukmir]

> I'm always astonished by the backlash these topics gets in this community. Are we all really so scared by the idea of trying to make coding more accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds?

Can't speak for the whole community, but here's my opinion:

The main problem with code.org is that the message they are sending is "programming is something easy that will make you rich and you should do it for patriotic reasons".

I think that's the whole point of the article. I'm all for making programming accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, but we shouldn't lie to them.