Ballmer's Peak and Other Computer Science Lore

Pour yourself a glass and join us as we Ballmer’s Peak our way through some of computer science’s wildest lore and tech drama. We cover the science behind Ballmer’s Peak, the messy origin story of OpenAI (and the Elon vs. Sam Altman feud), the person whose “NULL” license plate made him the final boss of California’s vehicle fines, Grace Hopper’s iconic bug moment, and the esoteric Slack “hummus” notification. Check out The Ballmer Peak: An Empirical Search