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If you look at some of his design and implementation talks on Braid, then it's quite clear that if not a "wunderkind programmer" he's still clearly very talente
by imron 11y ago
If you look at some of his design and implementation talks on Braid, then it's quite clear that if not a "wunderkind programmer" he's still clearly very talented in this regard.
- SolarNet 11y agoHis dev blog on The Witness also has some technical articles by him that show he's quite capable. It is a custom engine after all, architected mostly by him, with a few other programmers. For example: http://the-witness.net/news/2011/12/engine-tech-concurrent-world-editing/ http://the-witness.net/news/2011/12/engine-tech-concurrent-w...
- mercer 11y agoI love the image this article paints of his approach to programming. Somewhat (quite?) unorthodox, but from what I can tell ultimately very pragmatic.
- song 11y agoOh I'm not saying that Jonathan Blow is or is not a talented developer... I don't know that, haven't listened to his talks so I reserve my judgement. I'm just commenting on the fact that Medias still see working for IBM as being a sign of talent when I don't think that's necessarily the case. I find it interesting that the perception of big corporation like IBM continue to influence the way people see employees associated with those corporations.