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

Lex Clips · 960.7K views · 2022-08-06 · 15:20

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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.

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

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2022–2025

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Testing, debugging & developer toolsTech pioneers & interviews
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pengaru · 2024-01 · Recommendation

This was one of the more interesting parts of John Carmack's interview on Fridman's podcast: [VIDEO]

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troupo · 2025-09 · Reference

Don't show the discussion to John Carmack. He's baffled why people are so allergic to debuggers: [VIDEO]

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troupo · 2024-12 · Reference

John Carmack: It still boggles my mind how hostile to debuggers and IDEs Silicon Valley VC- backed companies are [VIDEO]

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