I wrote a code editor in C and now I'm a changed man
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·December 20, 2025null
spankibalt
The Old Man and the C
But who is Terry Davis? Some sort of bird fancier?
IshKebab
He was a crazy guy (in the mentally ill sense) that wrote TempleOS. The religious craziness in this project is some kind of weird tribute to Terry, who also filled TempleOS will religious nonsense. (He believed all sorts of insane things and was also racist.)
danparsonson
Or, with a little more empathy: he was suffering from schizophrenia.
tptacek
A homeless man suffering from schizophrenia who was mascotized by trolls.
For my part, I'd just flag anything like this that I see on the front page.
throwaway613745
Terry is what happens when extremely intelligent people don’t get the help they need.
He was abandoned by his family and society and became the play thing for internet trolls.
His life was a tragedy in every sense.
As someone who also has a young family member who’s potential was also utterly destroyed by schizophrenia, Terry’s story fills me with immense sadness.
pbronez
Somebody should write a book or make a movie about Terry. It’s a very modern, very human story.
heliumtera
And also a genius. All you said was true, but templeOS is a masterpiece.
hyperhello
How so? I know nothing outside of seeing one screenshot, but was there more to it than just a particular implementation of the same table stakes algorithms in every MSCS program?
guffer
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rexpop
Even if it's satire, it's still creepy.
throw20251220
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