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Fabrice is an absolute legend. Most people would be content with just making QEMU, but this guy makes TinyC and FFmpeg and QuickJS and MicroQuickJS and a bunch
by tombert 10mo ago
Fabrice is an absolute legend. Most people would be content with just making QEMU, but this guy makes TinyC and FFmpeg and QuickJS and MicroQuickJS and a bunch of other huge projects.
I am envious that I will never anywhere near his level of productivity.
- umvi 10mo agoNot just programming either; he invented a mathematical technique for calculating the nth hex digit of pi
- avaer 10mo agoNot to detract from his status as a legend, but I think the kind of person that singlehandedly makes one of these projects is exactly the kind of person that would make the others. I forgot about FFmpeg (thanks for the reminder), but my first thought was "yup that makes perfect sense".
- tombert 10mo agoSure, they're not unrelated or anything, but at the same time, they're all really important, huge projects.
- keepamovin 10mo agoI know it's not true, but it would be funny if Bellard had access to AI for 15 years (time-traveler, independent invention, classified researcher) and that was the cause of his superhuman producitvity. AI will let 10,000 Bellards bloom - or more.