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5:14:51John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309
1.9M views • 4 years ago
Lex Fridman
A five-hour Lex Fridman interview with John Carmack covering Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, programming, games and rockets.
2:22:40Andy Matuschak — The reason most learning tools fail
58K views • 3 years ago
Dwarkesh Patel
Dwarkesh Patel interviews Andy Matuschak on how he learns, why memorization matters for understanding, and why most learning tools fail. The conversation also covers handling confusion and the role of tutoring.
2:42:41Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages | Lex Fridman Podcast #131
594K views • 6 years ago
Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman's long interview with Chris Lattner, creator of LLVM and Swift, covering the future of computing and programming languages. It touches on compilers, hardware, and his work at Apple, Tesla, Google and SiFive.
3:15:51Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #341
1.8M views • 3 years ago
Lex Fridman
A roughly three-hour Lex Fridman podcast conversation with Guido van Rossum, the creator of Python. Topics include Python's design, the GIL, asyncio, the future of programming and AI coding tools.
1:13:11Zig 2026: No-AI Policy, $670K Foundation, Left GitHub & Why Zig Isn’t 1.0 - Andrew Kelley Explains
979K views • 5 months ago
JetBrains
JetBrains interviews Zig creator Andrew Kelley about why Zig has no 1.0 after a decade, why the project left GitHub, and why it bans AI contributions. He also covers what makes Zig better than C and his views on open source.
1:24:39Mojo Lang - Tomorrow's High Performance Python? (with Chris Lattner)
64K views • 2 years ago
Developer Voices
Developer Voices interviews Chris Lattner about Mojo, a Python-compatible language aimed at CPU/GPU performance built on LLVM and MLIR. It covers performance features, the type system and why Mojo uses Python syntax.
2:13:40Crash Bandicoot Co-Creator Andy Gavin: Extended Interview | Ars Technica
246K views • 6 years ago
Ars Technica
A two-hour extended interview in which Crash Bandicoot co-creator Andy Gavin tells how he and Jason Rubin built the game at Naughty Dog. It includes the custom Lisp tools used.
1:55:10Sam Altman: OpenAI, GPT-5, Sora, Board Saga, Elon Musk, Ilya, Power & AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #419
2.5M views • 2 years ago
Lex Fridman
Lex Fridman interviews OpenAI CEO Sam Altman about GPT-4, GPT-5, Sora, the OpenAI board saga, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, power and AGI. The conversation runs nearly two hours.