Other than yourself. obviously.
I’m curious about the cliché or obscure superlatives with no constraints other than the scope of impact; could be positive or negative in some contexts.
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John Cristy’s creation of ImageMagick probably qualifies
The guy who created curl.
TempleOS is really impressive for an OS made by one guy! Terrence Davis had some mental health issues, but he’s legendary as a programmer.
Somebody tell me if my vibe is correct: Linus Torvalds
Everyone remembers him for the kernel, many forget he also wrote git.
But the rants are his real super power :)
I don’t know many, so I’ll throw in Concerned Ape.
John Carmack comes to mind
Ken Thompson.
He built grep in a cave overnight with a box of scraps.
This is an easy one. Chris Sawyer. Created multiple Tycoon games from scratch, in Assembly.
