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QuakeCon 2011 - John Carmack Keynote

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What it is

John Carmack's keynote at QuakeCon 2011, an hour and a half of wide-ranging talk about id Software, Rage, engine open-sourcing, patents and programming practices.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Cited as a source for Carmack's views on static analysis, open source and languages, and praised as a captivating, conversational speaker.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “John Carmack is an absolutely brilliant speaker. Conversational, captivating and effortlessly natural.”

    Carmack as a captivating, conversational speaker

    hotwire, 2018-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?”

  2. “Here is an accompanying segment from QuakeCon 2011 in August where static code analysis is discussed.”

    Segment where Carmack discusses static code analysis

    johno215, 2011-12 · Recommendation · in “John Carmack on the importance of Static Code Analysis”

  3. “You might find John Carmack's 2011 quakecon keynote video interesting, he addresses a fair amount of your questions.”

    Carmack addresses publisher and developer questions

    mitchty, 2012-03 · Recommendation · in “Game Publishers Are Obsolete – So Why Haven’t Developers Ditched Them Yet?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: john carmack, id software, quakecon, rage, static analysis, open source

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