Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2017, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2017, still worth watching: these 787 tech talks and lectures earned 3136 recommendations across the years.
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9 mo on HNHow I program C
Eskil Steenberg
Recommended 8× on HN · 2017–2025
8 mo on HN"Propositions as Types" by Philip Wadler
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 9× on HN · 2015–2026
9 mo on HNThe Language of the System - Rich Hickey
ClojureTV
Recommended 10× on HN · 2013–2025
9 mo on HNAgile is Dead • Pragmatic Dave Thomas • GOTO 2015
GOTO Conferences
Recommended 11× on HN · 2016–2026
9 mo on HNGoogle I/O 2012 - Go Concurrency Patterns
Google for Developers
Recommended 9× on HN · 2012–2025
8 mo on HNStop Writing Classes
Next Day Video
Recommended 8× on HN · 2012–2025
8 mo on HNAlan Kay: Doing with Images Makes Symbols (Full Version)
Kenneth Friedman
Recommended 8× on HN · 2016–2023
9 mo on HNPete Hunt: React: Rethinking best practices -- JSConf EU
JSConf
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2025
8 mo on HNDEF CON 25 - John Sotos - Genetic Diseases to Guide Digital Hacks of the Human Genome
DEFCONConference
Recommended 11× on HN · 2017–2023
8 mo on HNSteve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Stanford
Recommended 9× on HN · 2009–2023
7 mo on HNElevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse
DeviantOllam
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2026
8 mo on HNInvited Talk - Guy Steele
ClojureTV
Recommended 7× on HN · 2017–2023
8 mo on HNFailing to Fail: The Spiderweb Software Way
GDC Festival of Gaming
Recommended 11× on HN · 2018–2025
7 mo on HN34C3 - The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk
media.ccc.de
Recommended 9× on HN · 2018–2025
7 mo on HN[Linux.conf.au 2013] - Git For Ages 4 And Up
HackersOnBoard
Recommended 8× on HN · 2013–2023
7 mo on HNCompiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research paper
suckerpinch
Recommended 8× on HN · 2018–2023
7 mo on HNBreak Me00 The MoVfuscator Turning mov into a soul crushing RE nightmare Christopher Domas
Adrian Crenshaw
Recommended 6× on HN · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNBottom Up vs Top Down Design in Clojure - Mark Bastian
ClojureTV
Recommended 5× on HN · 2016–2021
8 mo on HNPlover: Thought to Text at 240 WPM
Next Day Video
Recommended 8× on HN · 2014–2023
8 mo on HN"The Economics of Programming Languages" by Evan Czaplicki (Strange Loop 2023)
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 10× on HN · 2023–2026
7 mo on HNBlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity
Christiaan008
Recommended 9× on HN · 2011–2017
8 mo on HNJulia: to Lisp or not to Lisp?
European Lisp Symposium
Recommended 4× on HN · 2016–2022
8 mo on HN"The Mess We're In" by Joe Armstrong
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 10× on HN · 2014–2025
8 mo on HNJonathan Blow - Preventing the Collapse of Civilization (English only)
bus
Recommended 11× on HN · 2019–2023
7 mo on HN27C3: Adventures in analyzing Stuxnet (Bruce Dang from Microsoft)
basti0007
Recommended 8× on HN · 2011–2024
7 mo on HNFrank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
Recommended 8× on HN · 2018–2023
7 mo on HNConflict Resolution for Eventual Consistency • Martin Kleppmann • GOTO 2016
GOTO Conferences
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2020
8 mo on HN"Programming a 144-computer chip to minimize power" - Chuck Moore (2013)
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 7× on HN · 2021–2024
8 mo on HN"Stop Writing Dead Programs" by Jack Rusher (Strange Loop 2022)
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 9× on HN · 2022–2025
7 mo on HNPrinciples of Technology Leadership | Bryan Cantrill | Monktoberfest 2017
RedMonk Tech Events
Recommended 9× on HN · 2018–2025
8 mo on HN#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd
Hack In The Box Security Conference
Recommended 9× on HN · 2013–2024
7 mo on HNKeynote: Paul Graham, YCombinator
Next Day Video
Recommended 7× on HN · 2012–2023
7 mo on HNCppCon 2015: Kate Gregory “Stop Teaching C"
CppCon
Recommended 7× on HN · 2016–2025
6 mo on HNDOUGLAS ADAMS: Parrots, the Universe and Everything
University of California Television (UCTV)
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2025
7 mo on HN"Unison: a new distributed programming language" by Paul Chiusano
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 7× on HN · 2020–2023
7 mo on HNHey Underscore, You're Doing It Wrong!
InfoQ
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2022