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zack
@zack_overflow
gamedev, prev @bunjavascript
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zackoverflow.dev
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Nov 4, 2024
    Revamped the gratuitous explosions and particle effects to the code editor I'm building And added sound effects! (Sound on!)
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Nov 9, 2024
    Reminder that Google Maps only exists because of one 100-1000x engineer who rewrote all the code in one weekend
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    Adam Thierer
    @AdamThierer
    Nov 8, 2024
    wow, Google Maps turns 20 in February. In my opinion, it's probably the greatest digital application ever. The consumer surplus associated with it is just off the charts. googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/02/mappin…
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Feb 26, 2025
    Proton is one of the greatest pieces of software of all time: >be valve, 2018, enjoy printing money from pc games on steam >realize microsoft could easily kill you by making gaming on windows a walled garden like the app store >what to do? >the greatest heist of all time:
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Apr 6, 2025
    IT’s ACTUALLY HAPPENING!!!
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    Aidan Guo
    @aidangch
    Apr 4, 2025
    fight at uniqlo sf this sunday 5 pm. partiful in comments
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Aug 23, 2025
    Why is no one talking about this? This is why I don't use an AI browser You can literally get prompt injected and your bank account drained by doomscrolling on reddit:
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    Brave
    @brave
    Aug 20, 2025
    AI agents that can browse the Web and perform tasks on your behalf have incredible potential but also introduce new security risks. We recently found, and disclosed, a concerning flaw in Perplexity's Comet browser that put users' accounts and other sensitive info in danger.
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Sep 25, 2023
    Added gratuitous explosions and particle effects to the code editor I'm building
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Sep 30, 2024
    YC has got it totally wrong with backing all these AI code editors What the people really want are code editors with gratuitous explosions and particle effects
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Sep 25, 2023
    Added gratuitous explosions and particle effects to the code editor I'm building
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Mar 11, 2025
    Because AI sucks at writing systems programming code and he works on the linux kernel
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    Austen Allred
    Gauntlet AI
    @Austen
    Mar 11, 2025
    What is it about really really smart people that make them completely oblivious to how incredible AI is?
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Dec 2, 2024
    As a programmer, the two highest ROI things I’ve learned are: - how to build compilers - how to dress well
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Nov 22, 2024
    Who are your top 5 programmers of all time and why? Mine: 1. Fabrice Bellard (ffmpeg, tinycc, quickjs) 2. John Carmack (doom, quake) 3. John McCarthy (lisp, father of AI, invented GC, timesharing) 4. Linus (linux man) 5. Dennis Ritchie (C and unix, K&R book)
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Oct 29, 2022
    I got fed up writing FFmpeg commands. Its unintuitive, and can get ugly and complicated quickly A couple of months ago, I built this GUI to help me write complex ffmpeg filtergraphs that we have been using internally and decided to launch today. ffmpeg.guide
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Nov 30, 2024
    Who do you think is the most insane programmer of our current era? I think it’s Evan Wallace (cofounder of Figma): - Basically rebuilt the browser rendering stack to run in the browser for Figma - Built CRDTs to run Figma’s multiplayer tech for millions of users - Built a JS
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Feb 7, 2025
    I didn't realize Guillermo Rauch was so cracked: - high school dropout from Argentina - gets dev job in SF at 18 - builds mongoose - builds Socket,IO - builds next.js then Vercel And for some reason I thought he wasn't a coder??
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    zack
    @zack_overflow
    Feb 12, 2025
    Projects that every programmer must do once in their lifetime: - compiler/interpreter - game engine - database - mini operating system - some 3d graphics project - utf-8/16 string encoding andΒ decoding - neural net
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