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The Evolutionary Process Of Building Things
35:25 - 50:50 (15:24)
The success and relevance of a code, architecture or technology is determined based on its value to people while being reliable, efficient and effective, rather than being fixated on building a specific strategy or algorithm. It is necessary to let teams independently come up with ideas that might not have been expected, in order to build a free market economy.
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Programming has undergone an evolutionary process over the years where things die off if they don't work but become useful if they fit people's needs, which can result in unpleasant surprises.
35:25 - 41:18 (05:53)
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Programming has undergone an evolutionary process over the years where things die off if they don't work but become useful if they fit people's needs, which can result in unpleasant surprises. In the early days of computing, everything was optimized to be as good as it could be.
ChapterThe Evolutionary Process Of Building Things
Episode#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The top-level metric in building a product should be delivering value to the users.
41:18 - 43:36 (02:17)
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The top-level metric in building a product should be delivering value to the users. It's great to be proud of the effort put into designing architecture, technology, or code, but the product should improve the lives of the people using it.
ChapterThe Evolutionary Process Of Building Things
Episode#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This episode discusses the benefits and drawbacks of designing for user experience versus relying on data-driven metrics to measure success in development.
43:36 - 46:35 (02:58)
Summary
This episode discusses the benefits and drawbacks of designing for user experience versus relying on data-driven metrics to measure success in development.
ChapterThe Evolutionary Process Of Building Things
Episode#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The debate around independent teams coming up with ideas versus a single leader representing the company's vision brings up a question of how much experience plays a role in decision-making.
46:35 - 50:50 (04:15)
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The debate around independent teams coming up with ideas versus a single leader representing the company's vision brings up a question of how much experience plays a role in decision-making. Experience and expertise can provide insights that the teams might miss, but allowing independent creation can yield unexpected developments.