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John Carmack: Best programming setup and IDE | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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What it is

A clip of John Carmack on the Lex Fridman podcast discussing his programming setup, why he favors debuggers and IDEs, and his puzzlement at developers who avoid them.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN debugger-versus-print-debugging threads point to it as Carmack's authoritative case for using a real debugger.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “This was one of the more interesting parts of John Carmack's interview on Fridman's podcast”

    One of the more interesting parts of the interview.

    pengaru, 2024-01 · Recommendation · in “When I got started I debugged using printf() today I debug with print()”

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Topics: john carmack, debugging, ides, print debugging, lex fridman

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