Mikael Hedberg

Mikael "Slicedlime" Hedberg is a game developer at Mojang AB since February 1, 2017. On May 1, 2019, he announced he will be working on Minecraft: Java Edition. Earlier during his employment he had served as interim tech lead for the launcher team. He is currently the tech lead for the Java Edition game team. He is also a YouTuber and a Minecraft map maker.

Some of his YouTube videos are about changes and additions to Java Edition versions, including snapshots, pre-releases and releases, which appear on the respective version pages on the Minecraft Wiki.

Trivia

 * Slicedlime is Mojang's favorite YouTube channel, according to one of Searge’s tweets.