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Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast [Colorized]

Kai LentitCited 14× on HN, 2023–2026
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comedy · general · evergreen · 2023–2026 on HN

Kai Lentit's comedy sketch parodies a retro documentary interview with an Emacs enthusiast, joking about Emacs's endless configuration and devotion.

Shared as a joke whenever Emacs obsession and configuration come up.

12 comments from Hacker News

@palmotea2026-07 · in “The Productivity Mirage”

> This is so important. I've seen so many fellow technologists (and I've skated this myself) obsess about their setup to the point that they're spending more time on that than the actual thing they're building. ▶ this video

@DonHopkins2026-06 · in “Emacs Appearances in Pop Culture”

Deldo - Vibration Control and Teledildonics Mode for Emacs link Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast [Colorized] ▶ this video Writing an Emacs implementation in C (Gosling Emacs) | James Gosling and Lex Fridman link

@OhMeadhbh2026-04 · in “AI CEO vs. Engineer”

I've been a fan of Kai Lentit ever since he accurately portrayed me (Emerald McS. et al, PhD) in my office at the University of Texas Instruments a while ago. [ ▶ this video ] The sad thing is a) TI had an amazing LISP team in the 70s and 80s and b) while Emacs users are perhaps not that weird, we do get a little excited about the cool things we can do with our TEXT EDITOR .

@DonHopkins2025-10 · in “IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023)”

My cat is named Emacs, so I take those knocks against Emacs personally. Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast [Colorized] ▶ this video

@DonHopkins2025-10 · in “Bare Metal (The Emacs Essay)”

"I've also been diagnosed with severe hostility towards Vim users but that's not a real disease of course. The real disease is Vim." ▶ this video