**Ask HN: Outstanding Programmers** After reading today's post "Curl is just the hobby," I stumbled upon Ludvig Strigeus while researching Daniel Stenberg (connection: both have won the Polhem Prize). I'm somewhat astonished by his life's work so far. Here are some of his key creations: ``` μTorrent - a small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X ScummVM - an interpreter for adventure game engines, notably LucasArts's SCUMM OpenTTD - a reverse-engineered game engine of Transport Tycoon, which ... ⌘ [Read more](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40113488)```