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Ask HN: Best (Tech) talks from 2015

21 points by monkeyshelli 11y ago

What where the talks from last year "everyone" should watch and why?

japhyr 11y ago
If you're a Python programmer, Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" was pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M
- monkeyshelli 11y ago
  This looks intereting, thanks :)
eicnix 11y ago
As somebody who hasn't worked with react before I find this talk very interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSnOQynTHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSnOQynTHs He talks about improving the development workflow by hot reloading parts of the application during runtime. Slow workflows affect every developer and the idea from this talk can be used to build tools for other stacks or languages.
- EvanPlaice 11y ago
  For those interested in The Angular ecosystem, check out the angular2-seed project. It uses a hot loader that was written specifically for ng2.
JohnKacz 11y ago
As a rails dev this one is probably pretty standard but I appreciated DHH's ideas about being small and still able to take on the giants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVTM7mE1Cc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVTM7mE1Cc
brudgers 11y ago
Hanson's Rewrite: http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/10/david-heinemeier-hansson-rewrite-basecamp-business-of-software-conference-video-dhh-bos2015/ http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/10/david-heinemeier-hanss...
cdubose 11y ago
I'm not sure if I would define it as a "talk" (and the details are more meaningful if you know how to use Emacs), but Jay Dixit explains how he uses Emacs for writing instead of programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtieBc3KptU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtieBc3KptU
musha68k 11y ago
I hadn't been particularly enthusiastic about Go but in the end Rob Pike won me over - "Simplicity is Complicated": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFejpH_tAHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFejpH_tAHM A powerful talk on Silicon Valley history by Kelsey Gilmore-Innis - "What Tech Workers Can Learn From Harry Bridges": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjJ4_QBdeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjJ4_QBdeQ

21 points by monkeyshelli 11y ago

What where the talks from last year "everyone" should watch and why?

If you're a Python programmer, Raymond Hettinger's "Beyond PEP 8" was pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M

monkeyshelli 11y ago
This looks intereting, thanks :)

eicnix 11y ago

As somebody who hasn't worked with react before I find this talk very interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSnOQynTHs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsSnOQynTHs He talks about improving the development workflow by hot reloading parts of the application during runtime. Slow workflows affect every developer and the idea from this talk can be used to build tools for other stacks or languages.

EvanPlaice 11y ago
For those interested in The Angular ecosystem, check out the angular2-seed project. It uses a hot loader that was written specifically for ng2.

JohnKacz 11y ago

As a rails dev this one is probably pretty standard but I appreciated DHH's ideas about being small and still able to take on the giants. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVTM7mE1Cc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJVTM7mE1Cc

brudgers 11y ago

Hanson's Rewrite: http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/10/david-heinemeier-hansson-rewrite-basecamp-business-of-software-conference-video-dhh-bos2015/ http://businessofsoftware.org/2015/10/david-heinemeier-hanss...

cdubose 11y ago

I'm not sure if I would define it as a "talk" (and the details are more meaningful if you know how to use Emacs), but Jay Dixit explains how he uses Emacs for writing instead of programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtieBc3KptU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtieBc3KptU

musha68k 11y ago

I hadn't been particularly enthusiastic about Go but in the end Rob Pike won me over - "Simplicity is Complicated": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFejpH_tAHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFejpH_tAHM A powerful talk on Silicon Valley history by Kelsey Gilmore-Innis - "What Tech Workers Can Learn From Harry Bridges": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjJ4_QBdeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRjJ4_QBdeQ