As a side note, I have on countless nights been coding in my sleep. Sometimes I'll wake up realizing there is a bug in yesterday's code or having gained some insight on a new concept. Other times I wake up and wonder why I was trying to code an app to cook me ramen noodles.
The site is inspiring. Unfortunately the "rate limit this" and other stupid comments are annoying. The internet is 12 year olds, I guess... whaddaya expect
I was involved in a company that hosted and rented servers for video games. It grew really big, but shut down solely on the basis of, "these 12 year olds are going to drive us insane."
+1 to say it out loud that "Programming is a hands-on activity". Imagine the inspiration she could be to countless people who, for various reasons, are afraid to even begin programming/continue after the initial(failed) efforts.
Programming is a hand-on activity, and the best way to learn programming is by doing it every day, in every way, till you can do it in your sleep.