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The author is one cocky guy. This article mostly annoyed me. >I figured that I, the author of the game, with my degree in mathematics from MIT, and years of pu
by trentfowler 15y ago
The author is one cocky guy. This article mostly annoyed me.
>I figured that I, the author of the game, with my degree in mathematics from MIT, and years of puzzle-solving experience, would be much better at solving my own puzzles than random users downloading my app would be.
>I thought there was a mistake because some users were solving puzzles faster than I was! Were they cheating?
- pc 15y agoAnyone who knows Aaron will tell you that he's actually pretty humble. I think it's easy to imagine the thought process without it being especially cocky: "I built this game and have spent more time solving these puzzles than any of these guys. How are they so much faster?"
- _debug_ 15y agoOK, Aaron.
- vecter 15y agoI think it's safe to say he was being tongue-in-cheek.
- pluies_public 15y agoI actually got the exact opposite feeling: he was cocky at first, but then realized he was wrong. And even wrote a blog post about it. That's pretty humble. :)
- 16s 15y agoHis claim seems reasonable. I'd bet on him ;) I liked the article a lot. I'm an "iterate and repair" guy but am trying to use careful thought, logic and planning up front more often. I think that the value of the article is that it shows that neither approach is perfect by itself.