system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Who Are The Stars, Influencers of Programming and Coding?

I  want to be more interested in it and would like to not only take it seriously, but also find a way to enjoy it while starting out.

He/she, they don't need to be popular as the title suggests, just anyone that you enjoy learning from and would recommend.
gpt
I would caution against regarding any programming figure as a "star". There are a lot of influencers, but playing the game: building followers, being top-billing on the conference circuit, writing an overly simplistic book, etc., doesn't mean they actually know what they're talking about.

It's almost a negative filter. Any programmer who is more famous for the things they say rather than any particular product they have built, is very very likely to be a fraud.