Raymond is a wizard. Read his blogs for many years and love his style and knowledge.
Small thing but I love the effort he puts into actually coding up his examples instead of screenshots. For example: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20250414-00/?p=11...
He has many better ones but that's the latest one I've seen
Raymond knows everything. From microcode bugs on Alpha AXP to template meta programming to UI.
He's a total legend, yet apparently he's never met Bill Gates in person from what he said in an interview in the Dave's Garage YouTube channel a few years ago. You'd think that someone who's been that prominent for so long in the company would have been invited to a company dinner where he was present or something.