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

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barddoo•1d ago

Mine is https://youtu.be/rX0ItVEVjHc?si=QQYeGPE3t3sxmsOp

andreyandrade•1d ago

Remote work is effective—why the RTO mandates? | Heejung Chung | TEDxLondonBusinessSchool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xHQWLjE6xQ

christophilus•1d ago

Simple Made Easy is one of my favorites: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SxdOUGdseq4&pp=ygUQc2ltcGxlIG1...

The Normalization of Deviance is another: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ljzj9Msli5o&pp=ygUZbm9ybWFsaXp...

RomanPushkin•1d ago

I enjoyed this one by Seth Godin, 2025 from HOPE conf: https://www.youtube.com/live/7ZeN53mKhbE?si=cPF2iYWmI3TECdVH... - Hacking The Tech Industrial Complex: Learning to See Invisible Systems

Jeremy1026•1d ago

Does it have to be in person? If not, "Fuck You, Pay Me" from Mike Monteiro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVkLVRt6c1U

mpalmer•1d ago

Bret Victor, "Inventing on principle"

https://youtu.be/PUv66718DII

Ambitiously positioned, very human. It was formative for how I think about software.

vismit2000•1d ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46475327

giberson•1d ago

Sandi Metz did an awesome talk on code smells which lives rent free in my head. https://youtu.be/PJjHfa5yxlU

jimwhite•1d ago

"This is Water" by David Foster Wallace https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCbGM4mqEVw

oldsklgdfth•1d ago

This is one of the two most influential books I've read.

mcdrake•1d ago

"Stop Writing Classes" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9pEzgHorH0

It changed the way I thought about programming. I had mostly been exposed to OOP ideas and this talk made me realize that a lot of them aren't necessary.

nacozarina•1d ago

read the transcript before watching the vid; some smooth talkers aren’t saying very much

eevmanu•1d ago

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1000x: The Power of an Interface for Performance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKgfk8lTQuE

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