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Ask HN: What interesting tech videos have you watched recently (3 – 6 months)?
If the question seems too broad, I can narrow it down by specifying some tech topics. But for this first cut, I thought of leaving it open, just qualifed by "tech". One reason for that is because that there is often cross-pollination of ideas when you read or watch topics from other fields than your own (main ones). But also because it's fun to read/watch stuff outside your own areas anyway, regardless of the benefits ...
- 8note 10y agoThis was interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM1iUe6IofM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM1iUe6IofM
- vram22 10y agoThanks for the link. Couple of points: - it goes into a loop for me, after a few minutes, and back to the start, or so it seems. - I get put off by overhyped self-acclamations (if that's the right word), like: "This is the most important programming video you will ever watch" - which occurs in it. - it even stays on that above claim, for a lot longer than it takes to read it. Some amount of claims is fine (without that, no one might bother checking it out), but after that they should let us check out and judge for ourselves. Edit: typo
- gravypod 10y agoI took a look at that video and it definitely does a great job laying out the problems.
- davismwfl 10y agoI watched some past talks from Scott Myers in the last few months. I can always learn things listening to his talks, even ones I have already heard. He is always a good resource to learn more if you are into C/C++ work. I also keep up with AWS video's that are released for product and use cases to see/learn how/what other people are doing.
- vram22 10y agoCool. I had bought and read the whole of his Effective C++ book (after having read a few more basic books) some time after it came out. He really went into depth with that book, and brought out a lot of issues that one needs to be aware of and take care of. Still remember that copy constructors can create extra copies of objects, placement new, etc. ... Also I heard from an editor at McGraw-Hill, that Effective C++ sold in the region of 50,000 copies.
- vram22 10y agoAlso, for anyone reading who's interested, he was or still is the editor of the Effective Software Development series of books, which I guess by now spans multiple titles (seen a few), and the series was probably envisioned because of the success of his book.
- davismwfl 10y agoGood point, guess I should've mentioned that when I responded. One of the best lessons I learned from him too was to test each target compiler to see what they really do, versus what you think they do. While I don't remember it being a direct lesson he had in the books, I picked it up from all his examples and testing, plus his talks. Seems super obvious to me now, but wasn't always.
- vram22 10y ago>test each target compiler to see what they really do, versus what you think they do Very good point.
- vram22 10y agoHi Mark, then you might like Scott Meyers' talk: The Last Thing D Needs, at DConf 2014: https://youtu.be/48kP_Ssg2eY https://youtu.be/48kP_Ssg2eY
- davismwfl 10y ago
- vram22 10y agoBTW, thanks to all those who answer(ed).
- gravypod 10y agoThis is another great resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxAXlJEmNMg
- reitanqild 10y agoAdam Biens series about JavaEE.
- bbcbasic 10y agoRobert Harper Type Theory you can find it on YouTube
- vram22 10y agoHere is one I saw recently: Why I love D: Erich Gubler at DConf 2015: https://youtu.be/jNQF3m5e2l0 https://youtu.be/jNQF3m5e2l0
- vram22 10y agoThat video is actually part of a series on D, seems to be associated with UVU - Utah Valley University - in some way. There are other videos in the series, such as by Walter Bright (creator of D), Andrei Alexandrescu and Adam Ruppe. Checking them out over time.
- icpmacdo 10y agoReal world security by Alex Stamos https://www.facebook.com/alex.stamos/videos/10154115292997929/?ref=notif¬if_t=live_video¬if_id=1460665898108866 https://www.facebook.com/alex.stamos/videos/1015411529299792...
- vram22 10y agoThanks, will check that out.