In this clip, Lex Fridman's interview with John Carmack gets right to the point: his programming setup! I love his thorough attitude toward using debuggers—"your head is a faulty interpreter"—and his description of using vi to code as "civil war re-enactment". If you're just wondering about the Stuff he Uses, jump to 11:30.
John Carmack describes his programming setup
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