Really amazing achievement, kudos to duke-nh!
For those of you who are looking to get into nethack, or play it all the time... (shameless plug) I've been working on a project for some years that helps ease some of the monotony of playing.
https://github.com/samfoo/noobhack
For example, it keeps track of where you see shops, so you can come back, maps out levels and what you've seen on them, and auto-price identifies things you pick up.
There's a rudimentary plugin system so you can write your own extensions (more coming soon).