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Title:

The Ballmer Peak: How Alcohol Intake Affects Coding

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Organizer:
Zain Memon, Moorhead Cabbage Co.
Description:
A scientific exploration of the theory proposed by Randall Munroe (here: http://xkcd.com/323/) on the optimal blood alcohol level to improve coding output. The study (conducted before the presentation) involves three teams, each with a different BAC, competing to design and implement the best webapp.
Questions
Answered:
  1. What is the Ballmer Peak?
  2. Does the Ballmer Peak exist?
  3. How does alcohol affect the quality of code produced (measured by bug count)?
  4. How does alcohol affect the speed of a coder (measured by lines/hr)?
  5. Does alcohol increase the amount of fancy/creative code?
  6. Does alcohol improve code readability?
  7. Does alcohol improve the ratio of time spent writing code vs. time spent on Twitter?
  8. Is it easier to resolve conflicts when drunk?
  9. After a night of drunk-coding, is it more difficult to continue the project sober?
  10. If we get really hammered, can we recreate Windows ME?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Case Study, Front-End Programming, New Technology / Next Generation, Other / Out There
Type:
Solo
Event:
Interactive 2010
Sahil Desai
on 17/8/09
Many have spoken in jest regarding the phenomena, but I believe that it is our scientific duty to let this panel see the light of day. Humanity needs this.
bennett andrews
on 17/8/09
I need this talk!

On a weekend whiskey binge trying to discover the Ballmer Peak, I managed to create a startup, make a million dollars, code an entire os, lose a million dollars, then accidentally delete my entire repo. Clearly a scientific study is needed to address this issue.
Andre Terra
on 1/9/09
xkcd + alcohol + coding.

yeah, this panel wins.
Marina Khenson
on 3/9/09
If it is, in fact, discovered that alcohol helps improve code, the next project should be to petition all companies to provide free alcohol to their employees to improve productivity. I believe this could be the first step in a global revolution.
Online Games
on 24/10/09
Many have spoken in jest regarding the phenomena, but I believe that it is our scientific duty to let this panel see the light of day. Humanity needs this.
iphone ringtone maker
on 7/11/09
Love it! Look forward to seeing this in the mix of options when I arrive in Austin!
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