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Name
  
Ludvig Strigeus

Role
  
Programmer

Residence
  
Gothenburg, Sweden


Ludvig Strigeus httpschalmeristbloggenfileswordpresscom2011

Born
  
January 15, 1981 (age 43) (
1981-01-15
)

Occupation
  
Software Engineer, Spotify AB

Known for
  
µTorrent and other software

Education
  
Chalmers University of Technology

My Spotify Story


Ludvig Strigeus (Ludde) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client µTorrent, OpenTTD, and Spotify.

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Strigeus was born in January 1981, and he graduated from Chalmers University of Technology with a Master of Science degree in computer science and engineering. He currently resides in Gothenburg, Sweden, and works as a software engineer at Spotify.

In 2005, his development team won PuzzleCrack, a week-long puzzlehunt competition that combines problem-solving with computer hacking. Due to a rare muscular disease, Strigeus uses a wheelchair.

Software

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  • µTorrent - small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X (closed-source)
  • ScummVM - interpreter of adventure game engines, most notably LucasArts's SCUMM
  • OpenTTD - reverse engineered game engine of Transport Tycoon, lead to many ports and game improvements over the original
  • Ports of Dr. Mario and Kwirk for the TI-89 calculator
  • "The Idiot" - card game for Windows
  • WebWorks - a text HTML editor
  • Spotify - a commercial music streaming service
  • Spotiamp - a lightweight Spotify Premium client for Windows, created as a tribute to Winamp

    • References

    Ludvig Strigeus Wikipedia
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