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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Terrible news. I have decided to become a Disney Adult.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I can feel the Waymo relax when another Waymo is on the other side of the intersection , and honestly Waymo, same

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

You do see that guy has a completely different face than me, right?

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Honestly the only good use of Leto I’ve seen in what has proven to be an astoundingly durable career. Consistently the worst part of everything he does, yet somehow continues to work. And that docu-drama was so good I still think of it every time I use the WeWork in Glendale.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Unpopular opinion, but I think it’s good to practice empathy even towards people who don’t practice empathy. (I say “unpopular” bc they crucified the first guy who built a platform on that)

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Hi Alexander! I’m afraid my pinned joke may have given you the wrong idea about my identity; the last bit about “with a different face for some reason” is more or less a “/s” tone indicator. I’m a different software engineer with the same name. :) people love that guy’s work though!

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Never actually played the game, but I’ve been getting email for that guy since I was in 5th grade… people love his work, I know that for sure

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I was floored by the AirPods translate functionality… wonder how well it works outside of marketing material? Felt very Star Trek as advertised

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Oh yeah, have a blast, love the chatbot as a chatbot, I was more referring to coders writing auth systems using agents and expecting them to pass any kind of audit

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I wonder if maybe Cracker Barrel is to Christmas trends what Milan is to fashion trends. Maybe all the grandparents go to Cracker Barrel on Sep 1st like designers go to Italy in 2025 for what they’re gonna sell at Target in 2026.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

So I lost a day of focus and productivity at work calling every pharmacy in town; no one will pay for that but me. Oh well. Not as frustrating as some have it… and I’m far from the first to say it. but: I’m not a fan of the current system. We should improve society somewhat.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

ADHD meds are controlled substances; meaning you can still get them with a doctor’s prescription, but are legally required to be inconvenienced several hours per month when picking them up. (my old pharmacy got sold to a new owner who “doesn’t sell narcotics”; 24 hours later I have a new pharmacy)

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Imagining leading a new employee orientation, but all of the employees are bots who keep telling me what a good job I’m doing… while completely failing to grasp anything else I’ve said (which tbf is not that different from regular human onboarding)

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Split your format and lint jobs so they can run in parallel, independently of your test and build jobs

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Other people in my peer group may have families, communities, and their mental health, but last month I reduced my team’s CI from 35 minutes to 7, so who’s **really** winning the game here

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

And the presets idea is intriguing, sounds like a great way to add versatility out of the box!

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

We were thinking through dependency configs specifically… we have lots of internal, interdependent packages, but if a dev removes a crate and doesn’t update the config, we get an error in CI. Here’s a sample repo that can generate a config, still pondering when to run github.com/johncarmack1...

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Jacob! I'm so glad you posted this, it's how I found your profile! We use covector at our company (www.flightscience.ai) and I love it! Releases & PRs are so fast and convenient. Was wondering today: do you know of any projects that have successfully automated creation/maintenance of config.json?

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

How do I get the timeline where the Wyld Stallyns won the 1989 San Dimas Battle of the Bands Bc somehow I ended up in the timeline where scotus made donald trump the worm king of arrakis

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a man in a robe is standing in the dark and saying `` hi , welcome to the future '' .

ALT: a man in a robe is standing in the dark and saying `` hi , welcome to the future '' .

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Eventually, the brutes burn down the library. Joke’s on them though, the sun will someday explode

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

It’s really funny how Vince Gilligan cast the perfect Gus Fring—a man so unassuming and even-tempered he fits right in as the New Mexico Dave Thomas—and a decade later casting Giancarlo is shorthand for “hey this is the bad guy”

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camerontalley.bsky.social @camerontalley.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I think about this comic all the time.

A panel from a Calvin and Hobbes comic. Calvin's mom, eating dinner, says "Life could be worse, Calvin." Calvin, clearly upset, his mouth huge says "Life could be a lot BETTER too!"

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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I just created a quick map depicting which portions of the United States are now (as of today) or will imminently be (by early June) without 24/7 local National Weather Service coverage (per Washington Post reporting). #CAwx #CAfire #CAwater #ORwx #AKwx #WYwx #KSwx

Map of local National Weather Service office "areas of responsibility" modified (using polygons with black outlines and red fill) to indicate where recent/expanding cuts to NOAA/NWS have resulting in understaffing so extreme that some offices can not longer operate on a 24/7 basis.

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Steve Klabnik @steveklabnik.com · 13/05/2025

nice argument. however i have already portrayed myself as decentralized and you as centralized

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Generative AI hallucinating makes it completely useless for the thing we want it to do but people are using it for that thing anyway and that is terrifying

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Big “we support the jobs the comet will create” energy

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

They didn’t want those things, they wanted trump in power and those were the talking points their media bubble gave them

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

SCIENTISTS: The proposed Schedule F is out. It has potential to undermine or destroy merit-based science. Rules/regulations have the force of law. This rule may put peer review in the hands of political appointees. Make your public comment here: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

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Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Me: [thinking about the NOAA]“Andor is so timely”

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Every millennial knows the pain of falling in love but ultimately having to break up because they’re on opposite sides of the “are we going to be Disney adults” conversation

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I have contributed code to Tauri, written multiple VC-funded apps in Tauri, and made a handful of plugins for Tauri…I could not agree more with this take on it. Managing the types for the IPC layer feels like my second job some days. With tauri-specta it is SO CLOSE… but not there. Maybe in 2025.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

A software engineer is an instrument for converting Figma subscriptions into revenue

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Eventually, the brutes burn down the library. Joke’s on them though, the sun will someday explode

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Michelle Trachtenberg and I were supposed to meet in the nursing home, I was going to say “you were great in Pete & Pete”, my inner 11-year-old and I are _feeling> this one

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I like to watch an episode of something marvel before severance, like eating a bag of Cheetos before going to a gourmet restaurant

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I see a lot of “AI is replacing engineers” hype, but the one company that actually tried replacing me with an LLM lost so many clients they went bankrupt in less than a year.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I used up all my social capital warning people about Trump the first time. I’m so isolated and burned out now, the only goal I hope for is survival. Idk why I bother with vulnerability on the open internet; it requires empathy and/or intelligence to respond well. Litmus test, maybe.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Thanks Suzanne! Back at home in LA, safe for now!

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

LLMs are a great tool, it’s like if I had a shovel that hit **just** to the left or right of where I was aiming, and sometimes shoveled some dirt on the third or fourth try!

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 06/02/2025

Worried about losing access to US federal data that may go off-line, or already is? You’re not alone—but duplication isn’t the answer. Many ongoing efforts have already archived key datasets and many more are ongoing. Check out these existing resources and, if you can, support their work. 🧵

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a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background

Alt: a man in a black shirt is looking at a screen with a red background

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

That video made me laugh so hard so many times. The running gag she made of the column blocking her view, which has since became a meme in its own right, should be taught in theater, philosophy, and business schools.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

!!! This was a refreshingly human response!! I honestly appreciate the feedback 🙏 and see what you mean, you’re absolutely correct. next time aviation is on my mind I’ll make effort to phrase it without the brag, def not what I was hoping to express! Thanks for chatting & hope your day is great :)

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Should I have tried harder to hide it?

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I grew up around airplanes. My dad flew us to family gatherings in his Beech Baron. I landed my first touch-and-go in a Cessna 152 at the age of 17. Over decades of flights, I never felt safer than when in the hands of air traffic control. I wonder if tomorrow I’ll finally stop crying.

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John Carmack @johncarmack.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

In retrospect, the least realistic part of Tomorrow Never Dies was the part where intelligence agencies like MI6 and the CIA would be directed to **oppose** global chaos, rather than architect, engineer, and implement it themselves.

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