It refers to the controversy started a few months ago by NYC mayor Bloomberg saying people should learn to code, and then Jeff Atwood insisting the opposite (ht

It refers to the controversy started a few months ago by NYC mayor Bloomberg saying people should learn to code, and then Jeff Atwood insisting the opposite (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-to-code.html http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/05/please-dont-learn-t...), and the countless follow up blog posts debating the issue