After reading this article I felt extremely humbled. As a developer doing relatively "simple" work day to day, seeing this level of programming proficiency is very impressive. There isn't a chance I'd be able to figure out a problem such as this. At least certainly not within the timeframe that the SO team fixed it in.
It's articles like this that make me want to continue pushing my limits as a developer.
> There isn't a chance I'd be able to figure out a problem such as this.
Don't sell yourself short. You generally don't know what your actual limits are until you really push hard against them or break through them. I've had to hunt down and fix some very unusual problems - with few or no references or no results from google.
Those kind of mind-bending problems actually give a great deal of satisfaction. I'm serious that you never really know your limits until you break them. I think the trick is to keep growing and expanding your abilities and knowledge.
After reading this article I felt extremely humbled. As a developer doing relatively "simple" work day to day, seeing this level of programming proficiency is very impressive. There isn't a chance I'd be able to figure out a problem such as this. At least certainly not within the timeframe that the SO team fixed it in.
It's articles like this that make me want to continue pushing my limits as a developer.