"That's surely a good test to have, but come on, be honest: you've probably written a bunch of "password" style checkers in your career." No, not a single one.

"That's surely a good test to have, but come on, be honest: you've probably written a bunch of "password" style checkers in your career." No, not a single one. I tend to work on projects with a bit more complexity than that (including designing the required hardware on top of it if something suitable doesn't already exist.)