John Carmack
American computer programmer and video game developer (born 1970)
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The Metaverse Only Has 900 Users
ColdFusion
Pioneer programmer who helped build Meta's early VR/metaverse efforts; left Meta in 2022.
Books I’ve Loved — Cindy Eckert and Alexis Ohanian | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Co-founder of id Software, known for his pioneering work in 3D graphics and game development, as featured in 'Masters of Doom'.
The "Normsky" architecture for AI coding agents — with Beyang Liu + Steve Yegge of SourceGraph
Latent Space
Legendary programmer, mentioned speculatively as someone who might find the next big breakthrough in AI architectures.
Navigating Conflict, Finding Purpose & Maintaining Drive | Dr Lex Fridman
Andrew Huberman
A prominent programmer and game developer, representative of individuals who work extremely long hours in computer science and programming to achieve greatness.
Ep 18: Petaflops to the People — with George Hotz of tinycorp
Latent Space
John Carmack's philosophy on building instrumentation into code is mentioned in relation to Tiny Grad's debugging features.
Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360
Lex Fridman
American video game programmer and VR pioneer, referenced as the kind of revolutionary figure needed to make VR headsets simpler and more impactful.
Jeff Atwood: Stack Overflow and Coding Horror | Lex Fridman Podcast #7
Lex Fridman
Mentioned as a genius programmer whose work on Wolfenstein and Doom required first-principles invention due to the lack of online resources at the time.
Ryan Hall: Martial Arts and the Philosophy of Violence, Power, and Grace | Lex Fridman Podcast #125
Lex Fridman
Creator of the video games Doom and Quake, mentioned by Lex Fridman as one of the 'ultra nerds' who gave sci-fi book recommendations.
Doom Legend John Romero — The Path to Prolific Innovation and Making 130+ Games | Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Co-founder of id Software, known for his groundbreaking work on game engines and technology.
Demis Hassabis: DeepMind - AI, Superintelligence & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #299
Lex Fridman
Influential figure in computer graphics, associated with games like Quake, mentioned in the context of cutting-edge game technology.
Travis Kalanick Joins, xAI Rebuild, Spotify CEO Joins, Apple Faces Slop Allegations
TBPN
Renowned game developer and aerospace engineer, who retweeted an XAI employee's request for Grok improvement ideas.
Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333
Lex Fridman
A legendary programmer influential in virtual reality, with whom Karpathy discusses the future of VR.
Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT | Lex Fridman Podcast #329
Lex Fridman
Part-time CTO of Oculus, whose insights on bureaucracy and creative design in large corporations were mentioned.
Jeff Kaplan: World of Warcraft, Overwatch, Blizzard, and Future of Gaming | Lex Fridman Podcast #493
Lex Fridman
A legendary programmer and co-founder of id Software, credited with major breakthroughs in gaming engines, particularly for Wolfenstein 3D and Doom.