the ’90s norwagein demoscene
select pieces by cpix

Below are videos of three demos produced by Cpix, pictured above at age 18. In the early 1990’s, he coded small footprint graphical and audio demos as part of what was known as the “demo scene.” These tiny programs illustrate how a focus on tight code and an understanding of low level computational processes enable a great programmer to do in 640k what an average coder might accomplish in 20M. It’s generally understood that one can not replace a great coder with 10 fair coders and obtain the same quality of code.

Here’s the audio of my interview/conversation with Cpix one evening at a small pub in Santa Babrara, California.