Lessons Learned from Shenzhen I/O

This is one of the best reviews I've ever read. Not only does it capture the essence of the game well, I'm not sure I would have enjoyed Shenzhen I/O as much as I do if I hadn't read the review first.

If I could only use one paragraph to describe Shenzhen I/O, I would use this quote:

It distills programming down to the fun parts, removing the inertia, self-inflicted complexity, overhead, uncertainty and drag of real programming. It’s just about coming up with clever tiny algorithms and micro-optimizing the heck out of them.