<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/07/margaret-hamilton-moon-computer-software">Margaret Hamilton has passed …

Margaret Hamilton has passed away. She named my discipline, software engineering:

When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a long time. They liked to kid me about my radical ideas. It was a memorable day when one of the most respected hardware gurus explained to everyone in a meeting that he agreed with me that the process of building software should also be considered an engineering discipline, just like with hardware.

For a few years, her LEGO build from Women of NASA kept me company at work.