Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2014, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2014, still worth watching: these 90 tech talks and lectures earned 368 recommendations across the years.
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15 mo on HNAT&T Archives: Similiarities of Wave Behavior (Bonus Edition)
AT&T Tech Channel
Recommended 12× on HN · 2014–2026
11 mo on HN"Testing Distributed Systems w/ Deterministic Simulation" by Will Wilson
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 12× on HN · 2014–2024
11 mo on HNThe Value of Values with Rich Hickey
InfoQ
Recommended 10× on HN · 2014–2023
11 mo on HNJan Willem Nijman - Vlambeer - "The art of screenshake" at INDIGO Classes 2013
Dutch Game Garden
Recommended 10× on HN · 2014–2025
10 mo on HNGrowing a Language, by Guy Steele
Bill Pugh
Recommended 11× on HN · 2014–2026
9 mo on HNBrian Goetz - Stewardship: the Sobering Parts
ClojureTV
Recommended 10× on HN · 2014–2025
10 mo on HNErlang Factory 2014 - That's 'Billion' with a 'B': Scaling to the Next Level at WhatsApp
Erlang Solutions
Recommended 6× on HN · 2014–2022
11 mo on HNHammock Driven Development - Rich Hickey
ClojureTV
Recommended 12× on HN · 2014–2024
10 mo on HNTim Ewald - Clojure: Programming with Hand Tools
ClojureTV
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2024
9 mo on HNTransforming Code into Beautiful, Idiomatic Python
Next Day Video
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2022
9 mo on HNIdeas about a new programming language for games.
Jonathan Blow
Recommended 7× on HN · 2014–2025
9 mo on HNPete Hunt: React: Rethinking best practices -- JSConf EU
JSConf
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2025
7 mo on HNElevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse
DeviantOllam
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2026
8 mo on HNPlover: Thought to Text at 240 WPM
Next Day Video
Recommended 8× on HN · 2014–2023
8 mo on HN"The Mess We're In" by Joe Armstrong
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 10× on HN · 2014–2025
6 mo on HNDOUGLAS ADAMS: Parrots, the Universe and Everything
University of California Television (UCTV)
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2025
7 mo on HNHey Underscore, You're Doing It Wrong!
InfoQ
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2022
7 mo on HNCppCon 2014: Chandler Carruth "Efficiency with Algorithms, Performance with Data Structures"
CppCon
Recommended 7× on HN · 2014–2024
6 mo on HNCybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014
Black Hat
Recommended 1× on HN · 2014–2023
6 mo on HNGtk to Qt - a strange journey [linux.conf.au 2014]
Konstantin Bläsi
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2024
5 mo on HN[HOPE X] Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse
themarimbaincident
Recommended 4× on HN · 2014–2023
6 mo on HNEmacs + org-mode + python in reproducible research; SciPy 2013 Presentation
Enthought
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2018
6 mo on HN"Transducers" by Rich Hickey
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 6× on HN · 2014–2025
5 mo on HNBryan Cantrill from Joyent on Manta: internet-facing object storage facility that features compute
AI Council
Recommended 4× on HN · 2014–2026
5 mo on HN"Controlling Time and Space: understanding the many formulations of FRP" by Evan Czaplicki
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2026
5 mo on HNPete Hunt: React - Rethinking Best Practices (updated) - JSConf.Asia 2013
JSConf
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2024
5 mo on HNFactor: an extensible interactive language
Google TechTalks
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2025
5 mo on HNFounder School Session: The Future Doesn't Have to Be Incremental
DEMO
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2026
5 mo on HN2 1 1 Jason Scott Rescuing The Prince of Persia from the sands of time
Adrian Crenshaw
Recommended 3× on HN · 2014–2026
5 mo on HNLibreSSL with Bob Beck
Jason Tubnor
Recommended 6× on HN · 2014–2025
5 mo on HNHow We've Scaled Dropbox
Stanford
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2023
5 mo on HNNSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report
HUP
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2019
5 mo on HNHacker Way: Rethinking Web App Development at Facebook
Meta Developers
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2024
4 mo on HNNetflix JavaScript Talks - Async JavaScript with Reactive Extensions
Matt Marenghi
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2016
4 mo on HNThe Making of: ROM City Rampage (Retro City Rampage)
VblankEntertainment
Recommended 4× on HN · 2014–2022
3 mo on HNIdentity 2.0 Keynote
Dan Lewis
Recommended 3× on HN · 2014–2023