HN revisits the Ballmer Peak, programming's favorite drinking legend
thunderbong · hn · 2026-09-30
Hacker News discusses the Wikipedia entry for the "Ballmer Peak" — the tongue-in-cheek legend (popularized by xkcd) that a former Microsoft CEO once decreed programmers hit peak coding ability at a blood alcohol concentration between 0.129% and 0.138%. A lighthearted piece of programmer culture, with no new technical substance.
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