The Birth of Unix with Brian Kernighan (2020)

Discussed 8 months ago:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25176318

(388 points/85 comments)

Hi, Interviewer here! Thanks for sharing!

Brian is super modest and claims to be a horrible programmer but he is comparing himself to Ken Thompson, who he thinks is just incredible.

One thing that was interesting to me about Unix at Bell Labs was the UNIX room. It was a shared room with the computer in it but also where the coffee machine was and where they would hang out. I'm not sure if we are missing something like this with our increasingly remote culture?