I've heard the "kernel extension guy" story at my last job; it's fairly well-known there although it wasn't a "completely obvious change", it was heavily obfusc

I've heard the "kernel extension guy" story at my last job; it's fairly well-known there although it wasn't a "completely obvious change", it was heavily obfuscated and possibly done over several PRs in order to sneak it in. Hadn't heard any subsequent stories though, including the swap story of the rest of the article.