Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by karamazov » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 1:18 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by coolsunglasses » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 1:46 PM UTC

Rather fond of anything Hickey.

The Golang "Concurrency is not parallelism, it's better" is good too.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by austinbirch » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 1:54 PM UTC

coolsunglasses wrote: post #2

Rather fond of anything Hickey. The Golang "Concurrency is not parallelism, it's better" is good too.

I agree – anything from Rich Hickey. Especially "Persistent Data Structures"[1] and "Are We There Yet?"[2].

Though related to Clojure, they make you think about development in different ways.

[1]: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Value-Identity-State-Rich...

[2]: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hic...

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Post by programminggeek » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 2:16 PM UTC

Architecture: The Lost Years is a fantastic talk by Robert Martin http://www.confreaks.com/videos/759-rubymidwest2011-keynote-...

Re: Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by mdkess » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 2:22 PM UTC

Bret Victor: Inventing on Principle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUv66718DII

Re: Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by adams601 » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 2:22 PM UTC

austinbirch wrote: post #3

coolsunglasses wrote: post #2

Rather fond of anything Hickey. The Golang "Concurrency is not parallelism, it's better" is good too.

I agree – anything from Rich Hickey. Especially "Persistent Data Structures"[1] and "Are We There Yet?"[2]. Though related to Clojure, they make you think about development in different ways. [1]: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Value-Identity-State-Rich... [2]: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hic...

'Simple Made Easy'[1] is one of my favorite Hickey talks.

[1]: http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy

Re: Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by rustc » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 2:23 PM UTC

Two great ones by Rich Hickey, the creator of Clojure -

Are We There Yet? - http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Are-We-There-Yet-Rich-Hic...

Simple Made Easy - http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy

Re: Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by toutouastro » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 2:23 PM UTC

The Myth of the Genius Programmer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SARbwvhupQ

Re: Ask HN: What's the best technical talk you've heard?

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Post by ghotli » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 2:24 PM UTC

Simple Made Easy changed how I think about constructing software systems of any kind. It provided me with a strong vocabulary and mental model to identify coupling and design with a more clear separation of concerns and focus on the output rather than the ease of development.

http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy

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Post by bwlandstreet » Mon, Apr 08, 2013, 2:24 PM UTC

not to be cliché, but, Steve Jobs.