Ask HN: Outstanding Programmers
After reading today's post "Curl is just the hobby," I stumbled upon Ludvig Strigeus while researching Daniel Stenberg (connection: both have won the Polhem Prize). I'm somewhat astonished by his life's work so far. Here are some of his key creations: μTorrent - a small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X ScummVM - an interpreter for adventure game engines, notably LucasArts's SCUMM OpenTTD - a reverse-engineered game engine of Transport Tycoon, which led to numerous ports and improvements over the original Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the TI-89 calculator "The Idiot" - a card game for Windows WebWorks - a text HTML editor Spotify - a commercial music streaming service Spotiamp - a lightweight Spotify Premium client for Windows, created as a tribute to Winamp TunSafe - a VPN client for Windows using the WireGuard protocol It's clear that some programmers have far-above-average productivity and a keen sense for solutions that the world still needs. Having success with one program might be luck or coincidence, but there seems to be a system to this series of successes. Any of the above programs could easily become the life's work for many developers. What's the secret? 9 comments on Hacker News.
After reading today's post "Curl is just the hobby," I stumbled upon Ludvig Strigeus while researching Daniel Stenberg (connection: both have won the Polhem Prize). I'm somewhat astonished by his life's work so far. Here are some of his key creations: μTorrent - a small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X ScummVM - an interpreter for adventure game engines, notably LucasArts's SCUMM OpenTTD - a reverse-engineered game engine of Transport Tycoon, which led to numerous ports and improvements over the original Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the TI-89 calculator "The Idiot" - a card game for Windows WebWorks - a text HTML editor Spotify - a commercial music streaming service Spotiamp - a lightweight Spotify Premium client for Windows, created as a tribute to Winamp TunSafe - a VPN client for Windows using the WireGuard protocol It's clear that some programmers have far-above-average productivity and a keen sense for solutions that the world still needs. Having success with one program might be luck or coincidence, but there seems to be a system to this series of successes. Any of the above programs could easily become the life's work for many developers. What's the secret?
After reading today's post "Curl is just the hobby," I stumbled upon Ludvig Strigeus while researching Daniel Stenberg (connection: both have won the Polhem Prize). I'm somewhat astonished by his life's work so far. Here are some of his key creations: μTorrent - a small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X ScummVM - an interpreter for adventure game engines, notably LucasArts's SCUMM OpenTTD - a reverse-engineered game engine of Transport Tycoon, which led to numerous ports and improvements over the original Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the TI-89 calculator "The Idiot" - a card game for Windows WebWorks - a text HTML editor Spotify - a commercial music streaming service Spotiamp - a lightweight Spotify Premium client for Windows, created as a tribute to Winamp TunSafe - a VPN client for Windows using the WireGuard protocol It's clear that some programmers have far-above-average productivity and a keen sense for solutions that the world still needs. Having success with one program might be luck or coincidence, but there seems to be a system to this series of successes. Any of the above programs could easily become the life's work for many developers. What's the secret? 9 comments on Hacker News.
After reading today's post "Curl is just the hobby," I stumbled upon Ludvig Strigeus while researching Daniel Stenberg (connection: both have won the Polhem Prize). I'm somewhat astonished by his life's work so far. Here are some of his key creations: μTorrent - a small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X ScummVM - an interpreter for adventure game engines, notably LucasArts's SCUMM OpenTTD - a reverse-engineered game engine of Transport Tycoon, which led to numerous ports and improvements over the original Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the TI-89 calculator "The Idiot" - a card game for Windows WebWorks - a text HTML editor Spotify - a commercial music streaming service Spotiamp - a lightweight Spotify Premium client for Windows, created as a tribute to Winamp TunSafe - a VPN client for Windows using the WireGuard protocol It's clear that some programmers have far-above-average productivity and a keen sense for solutions that the world still needs. Having success with one program might be luck or coincidence, but there seems to be a system to this series of successes. Any of the above programs could easily become the life's work for many developers. What's the secret?
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