ThePrimeagen (aka Michael Paulson) is a programmer who has educated, entertained, and inspired millions of people to build software and have fun doing it. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. *Transcript:* *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: *Hiring* - join our team: *Other* - other ways to get in touch: *SMALL CORRECTION NOTE:* When Prime talks about how grateful he is for his amazing wife and family, we show an incorrect photo, so I blurred it. Here's some correct ones: *EPISODE LINKS:* ThePrimeagen's X: ThePrimeagen's YouTube: ThePrimeagen's Twitch: ThePrimeagen's GitHub: ThePrimeagen's TikTok: @theprimeagen ThePrimeagen's Coffee: *SPONSORS:* To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: *Invideo AI:* AI video generator. Go to *Shopify:* Sell stuff online. Go to *NetSuite:* Business management software. Go to *BetterHelp:* Online therapy and counseling. Go to *AG1:* All-in-one daily nutrition drinks. Go to *OUTLINE:* 0:00 - Introduction 0:42 - Love for programming 10:15 - Hardest part of programming 12:31 - Types of programming 20:08 - Life story 30:12 - Hardship 31:44 - High school 37:30 - Porn addiction 47:16 - God 1:02:59 - Perseverance 1:12:55 - Netflix 1:25:23 - Groovy 1:30:27 - Printf() debugging 1:36:49 - Falcor 1:46:19 - Breaking production 1:49:04 - Pieter Levels 1:53:34 - Netflix, Twitch, and YouTube infrastructure 2:05:36 - ThePrimeagen origin story 2:20:52 - Learning programming languages 2:29:55 - Best programming languages in 2025 2:34:50 - Python 2:35:30 - HTML & CSS 2:36:20 - Bash 2:37:00 - FFmpeg 2:43:42 - Performance 2:46:15 - Rust 2:51:03 - Epic projects 3:04:27 - Asserts 3:13:41 - ADHD 3:21:49 - Productivity 3:26:13 - Programming setup 4:01:43 - Coffee 4:08:47 - Programming with AI 4:51:31 - Advice for young programmers 5:03:03 - Reddit questions 5:10:35 - God *PODCAST LINKS:* - Podcast Website: - Apple Podcasts: - Spotify: - RSS: - Podcast Playlist: - Clips Channel: *SOCIAL LINKS:* - X: - Instagram: - TikTok: @lexfridman - LinkedIn: - Facebook: - Patreon: - Telegram: - Reddit: