Meanwhile, I do go into some detail about the issues with coding interviews in general, and the way they can affect and accidentally weed out candidates a company probably didn't want to weed out that way.
Also, the "nobody can really code, you have to do this to filter them" thing is approaching cargo-cult status at this point. Further up in the section on education I touched on some reasons why I think those situations happen.
Having said that, I actually agree with him because I've learned that it's not always simple as who can't write code. I would much rather assess a candidates' ability to learn (sharpness) than the current skill-set.