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Wikipedia still does not confirm it (2026/10/07). Further the name used in this OP, "Mark Stevens", does not match his birth name as listed on Wikipedia, "Mark Stephens". Another reply to your question links to an obituary where what details there are seem correct, but there are scant details.

Thank you for saying this. I've been saying this for years. No one listens.

I generally agree with you about UIs (if by shit you mean they've thrown away a ton of utility), but I don't think his video was bs, maybe just moved too far from it's original context.

For some reason your reply immediately caused me to imagine Ross Geller shouting into the phone, "Operator", like the, "Pivot" scene from friends.

This is a good and useful breakdown. There are lots of ways to get an education and continue learning.

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Hi I'm Matt, Software engineer for ~20 yrs, VP of Engineering for ~10 yrs. Extensive experience in both Server-side and Front-end Engineering.

Stand your ground.

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DB engine appears to be sqlite. It's in the tags on the main page and there's a file full of sql to create what looks like a sample db in the data/ dir.

Choosing to name variables with a single character has nothing to do with syntax. At most it could be considered idiomatic, but there's no reason to slavishly follow every idiomatic choice, just as there isn't in natural language.

Ah, good eye, ty.

I appreciate your write-up, it was well done. How long did you spend on this? I'd be most interested to know how long, not counting writing the blog post.

See response to sibling comment.

I think I just responded too hastily. I am working in Go. There is file IO going on in addition to the calculation (which because of a NAS or whatever could also be network IO). As a practical matter I had never felt the need to offer cancellation or timeout for these use cases, but I probably should, so mea culpa.