- The 386 processor (1985) was Intel’s most complex processor at the time, with 285,000 transistors. Intel had scheduled 50 person-years to design the processor, but it was falling behind schedule. The design team decided to automate chunks of the layout, developing “automatic place and route” software.1 This was a risky decision since if the software couldn’t create a dense enough layout, the chip couldn’t be manufactured. But in the end, the 386 finished ahead of schedule, an almost unheard-of accomplishment.
- CSS Hell (csshell.com)
Hello, and welcome to CSS Hell, where you will be subjected to 15 unimaginably torturous CSS puzzles. “What did I do to deserve this?”, you ask. But you know perfectly well: you blashpemized Cascading Style Sheets. I saw that time your friends were complaining about CSS and you piled on with “CSS isn’t even a real programming language”. It is. I saw you upvote that Reddit meme about vertically aligning a div. Just use a flexbox. I saw you chuckle sensibly at those CSS Is Awesome designs. I couldn’t stand to let Håkon Wium Lie’s divine creation be slandered in this way, so I decided to show the nonbelievers like you the wrath of CSS’s unhinged power.