He’s probably the only dude on earth with a kind of screechy, high pitched voice that I can listen to for hours. He’s so articulate and thorough in his analysis. Love it.
And his programming habits are healthy and sane. I like that. Because then I read comments like this:
For someone that is into hyper efficient graphics code, admitting that for the vast majority of code, using a garbage collector is perfectly fine is IMHO a very pragmatic and mature attitude.
It’s called adulting. It’s called being a grown (wo)man. It’s called using the right tools for the right problems. There’s nothing that pragmatic or mature. He’s just not a headless chicken trying to impress his peers. John Carmack is not about stunting about his programming abilities.
He just codes. He produces. And drinks a lot of Diet Coke.