You could have invented fractional cascading (2012)

I'm sure someone has been asked to invent fractional cascading on a whiteboard interview at some point.

They ultimately turned him down because he had trouble speaking, being scrutinized, and operating at peak intellectual capacity at the same time.

Please write a PhD thesis with a marker in the next 30 minutes.

If you erase anything, or make a false start, it will be held against you.

Pretty minor, but this reminded me of how much I'm irked by the use of the word "obvious" in technical writing.

Edward Yang's blog is an absolute gem.