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The Ballmer Peak is a humorous concept invented by Randall Munroe in the xkcd webcomic, claiming that a programmer who is appropriately intoxicated can achieve a high level of productivity. The concept loosely tied to former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer,[1][2] and is likely a play on Balmer series of hydrogen spectral lines named for the scientist Johann Balmer.[3]