Haven't thought of /prog/ for a very long while. My favourite post was someone's apprentice programmer inventing the "<=>" operator, for when you want to test for less than or equal to or greater than. Genius!
He was a brilliant man, but let's not deify him. The Bletchley Park wartime intelligence work was a team effort, including a significant amount of cryptanalysis by Polish allies.
One of my favourites is the man who attends his own funeral: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HhBkC6B9I2U