Ludvig Strigeus
| Ludvig Strigeus | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 15, 1981 |
| Residence |
 Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Occupation | Software Engineer, Spotify AB |
| Known for | µTorrent and other software |
Ludvig Strigeus (Ludde) is a Swedish programmer, best known for developing software such as the BitTorrent client µTorrent, OpenTTD, and Spotify.
Strigeus was born in January 1981 and 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 weeklong puzzlehunt competition that combines problem-solving with computer hacking. Due to a rare muscular disease, Strigeus is confined to a wheelchair.[1]
Software
- µTorrent - small footprint BitTorrent client for Microsoft Windows and OS X (closed-source)[2]
- ScummVM - interpreter of adventure game engines, most notably LucasArts's SCUMM[3]
- 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[4]
- "The Idiot" - card game for Windows[5]
- WebWorks - a text HTML editor[6]
- Spotify - a commercial music streaming service
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