Minecraft wiki entry for Tommaso_Checchi, associated text: Tommaso Checchi (/ˈkɛkˌki/ KEHk-kee) is a member of the Minecraft Redmond team. Initially, Tommaso wanted to be an artist, but decided to learn programming since he "couldn't wait for people to program for him". Setting his sights on making games, he started with multimedia fusion game makers and later learned C++.[4]