Guy Steele's, Sean Parent's C++ talks and Alex Stepanov's A9 course.
Talks that changed the way I think about programming
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Re: Talks that changed the way I think about programming
#102These talks are a little skewed to the game/high performance programming side of the art, but still very interesting in general. Of the ones I've already seen I really like Mike Acton's talk. Since this has become such a nice thread some additions I'd add: * Sandi Metz going through the Gilded Rose or "All the small things" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bZh5LMaSmE I already subscribed to her programming style and…
> The programming style demonstrated in this video is a real mind bender
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Re: Talks that changed the way I think about programming
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Kay: I was never a great programmer." I wonder how Kay would score on sites like HackerRank, and how many companies today would pass him over because of that.
I wonder, if you had some impossible deadlines and a ton of code you had to write just to survive to the next funding round, would you want Alan Kay on your team? I say this with enormous respect and admiration for Kay, but there are horses for courses and groundbreaking ideas are not the same as shipping product.
Alan Kay's work is not about how to ship the product within the next 2 months. But it can be helpful to listen to his talks in order to maintain a longer term view and to see fundamental limitations in the way we do things.