That's insane. Looking the person up, I guess it isn't a surprise that they're working at Teenage Engineering now.
The demoscene is one of the areas of niche computing that's always interesting to me, even though I completely lack the skillset and even the interest to do things like that.
This reminded me of "A Mind Is Born"[0]
https://www.linusakesson.net/scene/a-mind-is-born/index.php