"We ran out of columns" - The best, worst codebase

The app was a complete and utter mess. No one could ever fix it, so no one tried to. What did we do instead? We carved out our own little world of sanity.

Airlines Are Running Out Of Flight Numbers, And They Don’t Know What To Do About It

With consolidation in the industry, airlines have been running out of flight numbers. …[Codeshares have caused us to be] running out of flight numbers. We have more than 9,999 flights that we would like to go out and number. And so ways to save flight numbers, we actually have a model that goes and conserves flight numbers so that we can continue to add where we want to.

Berkeley Humanoid

Our lightweight, in-house-built robot is designed specifically for learning algorithms with low simulation complexity, anthropomorphic motion, and high reliability against falls.

The Scale of Life

A lot happened in the past 58 seconds...  Cans of Spam produced: 703

Dungeons & Dragons taught me how to write alt text

The advice for that problem was spectacular, and it boiled down to: describing the most important thing first.

Time Use

Average minutes per day spent in study by individuals who took part in study activities. Estimates come from time use surveys and include both weekdays and weekends. Study includes school, university, homework, and free time study.