'Dude' may be if you stretch it, but 'he' is not unisex:
> author says that he is pretty bad at javascript but is the dude behind creating codepen. LOL
> author says that he is pretty bad at javascript but is the dude behind creating codepen. LOL
A commenter incorrectly assumed that a technical blog must, of course, be written by a guy. This was pointed out. Whether the word 'dude' is gender neutral or not is not helping.