Sergès dives into why programming languages become badges of belonging, the rivalries they spark, and what that culture says about the communities we build around code.

When I was 15, I went full hikikomori (iykyk) for an entire summer, locking myself in my parents' basement to build text-based RPG forums with good old HTML, CSS, and JS. I had no idea what I was doing—but I got so obsessed, I somehow turned it into a full-time thing.