Thanks for the links, added! The bit at the end with the assembly put me in mind of another favorite post, aphyr’s hexing the tech interview: https://aphyr.com/posts/341-hexing-the-technical-interview

This is an amazing article, thank you so much for posting this!!

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> “Magic numbers.” You are, after all, a witch. “Every class begins with a babe, in a cafe.”

> “What?”

I love it.