[CTDOCodebases]

The comment thread about a developer of a high level of mathematic ability who wrote and maintained a widely used piece of software used for backups. Someone commented something to the effect of “He gave up on solving Millennium problems to write backup software”.

[lambdatronics]

This one? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24537865

[CTDOCodebases]

Yes that was it. Thanks for providing the link.

[_dain_]

And in so doing, saving the world orders of magnitude more in $$$ than he could have won solving a Millenium problem.