Jimmy Miller

Yes, yes. I did not do it as bait for this show, but I guess in hindsight I should have thought of that as a benefit too.

Yes, yes. I did not do it as bait for this show, but I guess in hindsight I should have thought of that as a benefit too.

No, I figured it, for anyone who knows, you know, is a good reference and anyone who doesn't, it's a good enough name, right? It's kind of a fitting name, I feel like.

No, I figured it, for anyone who knows, you know, is a good reference and anyone who doesn't, it's a good enough name, right? It's kind of a fitting name, I feel like.

So yeah, no, his actual name, I never, I wouldn't, I felt a little awkward like using his actual name because I never met him. I have no idea who this guy was other than through his code. And so, yeah, he was, he now, I don't think, I looked him up. I don't think he's a programmer anymore. He sells exotic pets.

So yeah, no, his actual name, I never, I wouldn't, I felt a little awkward like using his actual name because I never met him. I have no idea who this guy was other than through his code. And so, yeah, he was, he now, I don't think, I looked him up. I don't think he's a programmer anymore. He sells exotic pets.

So yeah, I thought Gilfoyle just seemed like a fitting name, especially if you know the reference, right? It was, that was always the sense that I got of this guy. And yeah, he was, I mean, the most prolific programmer I have ever seen. The amount, the sheer amount of code in that code base, that was his.

So yeah, I thought Gilfoyle just seemed like a fitting name, especially if you know the reference, right? It was, that was always the sense that I got of this guy. And yeah, he was, I mean, the most prolific programmer I have ever seen. The amount, the sheer amount of code in that code base, that was his.

And the sheer amount of like applications that random customers or customer support people would have that were just from scratch Windows applications that he wrote with like complicated logic. He would anytime because he refused to use source control, which was why we had his hard drives rated on Munch's desk. He refused to use source control.

And the sheer amount of like applications that random customers or customer support people would have that were just from scratch Windows applications that he wrote with like complicated logic. He would anytime because he refused to use source control, which was why we had his hard drives rated on Munch's desk. He refused to use source control.

If a person asked for a code change, a feature change, he would just rewrite the application from scratch. And he was apparently from everything I heard that fast that like, like pumping out a brand new, like 10,000 line application in a day was like not unheard of for him.

If a person asked for a code change, a feature change, he would just rewrite the application from scratch. And he was apparently from everything I heard that fast that like, like pumping out a brand new, like 10,000 line application in a day was like not unheard of for him.

Yeah, absolutely. And like, yeah, I don't, because he didn't use source control. I have no idea how fast he actually wrote this code. Right. Like, so you don't get any history on it, but like, that's how the legend continues.

Yeah, absolutely. And like, yeah, I don't, because he didn't use source control. I have no idea how fast he actually wrote this code. Right. Like, so you don't get any history on it, but like, that's how the legend continues.

Yeah, I wrote this in a day. Maybe he just anticipates needs way in advance, right? Or puts his code through some obfuscation every single time so it looks like it's slightly different, right? I don't know what it was. But yeah, his code was... It was a trip to try to understand, though. There was just every time... There was never a consistent pattern to the craziness.

Yeah, I wrote this in a day. Maybe he just anticipates needs way in advance, right? Or puts his code through some obfuscation every single time so it looks like it's slightly different, right? I don't know what it was. But yeah, his code was... It was a trip to try to understand, though. There was just every time... There was never a consistent pattern to the craziness.

It was like he just woke up every day and thought, what new weird programming pattern can I...

It was like he just woke up every day and thought, what new weird programming pattern can I...

abuse here to write this application services that were pure functions that like i literally do not understand why they existed clients that were just like these these super thick clients that like i mentioned the article completely empty classes classes i i did not exaggerate in the article they were empty classes they had a class definition method definitions

abuse here to write this application services that were pure functions that like i literally do not understand why they existed clients that were just like these these super thick clients that like i mentioned the article completely empty classes classes i i did not exaggerate in the article they were empty classes they had a class definition method definitions