Today is the International Programmer’s (aka IT magicians turning coffee and pizza into code) Day. It is usually celebrated on September 13th (the 256th day of the year = 2⁸ of 365 days). And if you want to congratulate your fellow developers and make them smile, there is no better way than sending them a slice of pizza and saying ‘cheese.’
But what do programmers and pizza have in common? Here are 5 fun facts, one of which is absolute fiction. Can you guess which one?
[Fact or Fiction]
In 2010, a programmer spent 10,000 bitcoins at Papa John's pizza restaurant to buy himself two pizzas for only $40. Considering Bitcoin's value today, it was the costliest food delivery, currently worth more than $400 million.
[Fact or Fiction]
PIZZA was a programming language created in 2001. More specifically, it was an open-source superset of Java 1.4 prior to introducing generics of Java programming language.
[Fact or Fiction]
In 2018, a programmer in a leading IT company based in the USA claimed he’ll work for 150 pizzas a month. The claim seemed to be ridiculously cheap for the company and so it was granted. This person now owns a popular pizza chain in 5 states.
[Fact or Fiction]
Arthur Frankel, an experienced programmer and pizzaiolo, states that writing codes is like making pizza. Strong foundation, using the right tools correctly, simplicity, and continuous revising to see if there are areas for improvement are the key elements to developing excellent software and delicious pizza.
[Fact or Fiction]
In 2021, a global web hosting company with its headquarters in Lithuania, Hostinger, decided to congratulate its developers in a hot and spicy way. Together with a local pizza company they encoded the recipe of the perfect pizza and sent it to their employees as well as challenged other programmers to crack the secret ingredient.
So, which of these facts was half-baked?
Out of these five, the fourth one definitely lacks some spice and flavor. Yet, the last one is currently happening in Lithuania
If you want to get a slice of this action and learn the secret ingredient, you simply need to crack this code QW1iaXRpb24=?. Too easy for you? Share your guesses in the comments down below.
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