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Inside the programming tool designed to get more girls into coding

If Instagram is buying a sweater, Vidcode is learning to knit.

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Vidcode is a programming tool geared toward teenage girls

With the technology industry considered male-dominated, many have wondered how to encourage more women into coding. Alexandra Diracles and Melissa Halfon have an idea: change the language. The result is Vidcode, interactive software geared toward teenage girls that enables them to customise Instagram videos with effects that they program. By combining programming with a hobby that their target demographic is already familiar with, Diracles and Halfon aim to combat a perception among girls that tech and coding are “boring.” Students can also share the videos with their friends, adding a social aspect to the coding. “A lot of young girls…

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Let’s talk about periods with the two badass high schoolers who made Tampon Run

“I jokingly said ‘Maybe we can make a game where someone throws tampons at people’s faces.'”

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