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Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by swyx »

for AI Engineering here is what was popular (30k-300k views):

- Jerry Liu on Agentic RAG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeAyuLc_f3Q

- Emil Eifrem on GraphRAG: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knDDGYHnnSI&t=2s

- Justine Tunney on LlamaFile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mRi-B3t6fA

- Daniel Han on Low Level Technicals of LLMs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRM_P6UfdIc&t=5094s

theres a long tail of others that didnt get the views but i consider quality. we also do AI Engineering Management talks now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiq95JYpBGY&list=PLcfpQ4tk2k...

Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by chickenzzzzu »

rgreasons wrote: post #36
simonw wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just checked and my PyCon keynote got 6,200 - pretty happy with that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1-KQZZarpc

I consider you a pretty big name in our little corner of the world, so that number seemed pretty low to me! Expected 5 figures at least!!

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Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by chickenzzzzu »

RohMin wrote: post #17
EncomLab wrote: post #14

Wish Jon Blow would get back out there! He was asked on a recent stream and said he has turned down invites while trying to get Jai pushed out the door.

I really want to learn his methodology to writing software

His methodology is to put his hands on the keyboard, write a function, a struct, make it compile, make it produce the correct output, make it faster, make it use less memory...

Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by syndicatedjelly »

chickenzzzzu wrote: post #42
rgreasons wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I consider you a pretty big name in our little corner of the world, so that number seemed pretty low to me! Expected 5 figures at least!!

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Is number of YouTube views the new metric for gauging how much “people care about learning to program”?

Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by neves »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #22

As others have noted, there are some problems with the methodology of how this list has been created. First, the list of "almost every" Software Engineering conference around the World[1] used, is just 72 items long. This feels light, and some conferences I would expect to see are missing: Brighton Ruby is very popular in the UK, but possibly a bit niche, so fine; but, FOSDEM however, seems more of a glaring oversigh…

You are nitpicking.

They just did an algorithm to list a bunch of popular/nice talks for software engineers. I'll watch a bunch of them.

I'd like to see my fellow hacker news members to point to good talks that aren't present in the list.

Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by heinrichhartman »

danielovichdk wrote: post #30

Are speakers being paid these days ?

Regular speaker here (who is also on the list).

I was never payed for a talk, and I have very rarely heared of people being payed by the conference itself -- appart from some "rock-star" keynotes.

Generally talks are sponsored by the person you currently work for - i.e. they pay for travel, and sponsor your time. If you work for a vendor in the space, this runs under marketing expense. If you work for a "regular" company this runs under personal development, employer branding & industry exchange.

Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by ojhughes »

chickenzzzzu wrote: post #42
rgreasons wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I consider you a pretty big name in our little corner of the world, so that number seemed pretty low to me! Expected 5 figures at least!!

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The days of people entering the industry to make big money are probably behind us.

Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by Almondsetat »

RohMin wrote: post #17
EncomLab wrote: post #14

Wish Jon Blow would get back out there! He was asked on a recent stream and said he has turned down invites while trying to get Jai pushed out the door.

I really want to learn his methodology to writing software

Considering how much software he has actually put out... do you?

Re: Most-Watched Software Engineering Talks of 2024

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Post by rtfeldman »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #22

As others have noted, there are some problems with the methodology of how this list has been created. First, the list of "almost every" Software Engineering conference around the World[1] used, is just 72 items long. This feels light, and some conferences I would expect to see are missing: Brighton Ruby is very popular in the UK, but possibly a bit niche, so fine; but, FOSDEM however, seems more of a glaring oversigh…

Agreed - as a concrete example of an omission, I gave a talk at Philly ETE 2024 whose view count would put it at #14 on this list:

https://youtu.be/vQPHtAxOZZw

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