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Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by fieryscribe » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:09 PM UTC

Zombocom. Anything is possible at Zombocom

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by TheRealDevonMcC » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:09 PM UTC

APL by Ken Iverson, as well as its descendants.

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by avg_dev » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:11 PM UTC

Wordle

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by newsbinator » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:12 PM UTC

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #15

mburee wrote: post #4

ffmpeg and qemu

Both by Fabrice Bellard, whose website: https://bellard.org/ is a list of projects where any one item - even the small ones, much less ffmpeg and qemu - would be at the top of anyone else's resume....quite impressive!

A counter to the myth of the 10x developer

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by mulvya » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:12 PM UTC

mburee wrote: post #4

ffmpeg and qemu

The Q says, "entire core of it was developed and maintained by a single person"

which does not describe ffmpeg. FB was pretty active for first 4-5 years, but he wasn't the sole dev even then.

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by ptm » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:12 PM UTC

Rock garden in Chandigarh, India.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Garden_of_Chandigarh

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by rvba » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:13 PM UTC

There is that guy in India who dug a route through mountains.

There is another guy who is building a castle using mostly meieval methods.

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by pjlegato » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:14 PM UTC

The modern theory and application of logarithms are largely the work of one mathematician working in isolation (which is highly unusual):

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_logarithms * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Napier

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

Liquid Paper[0]

It may be on its way out, now.

[0] https://www.thoughtco.com/liquid-paper-bette-nesmith-graham-...

Re: Ask HN: Single-person creations that have stood the test of time?

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Post by vincentmarle » Mon, Feb 28, 2022, 3:17 PM UTC

Javascript (created by Brendan Eich in 10 days)

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