Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2020, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2020, still worth watching: these 115 tech talks and lectures earned 311 recommendations across the years.
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1 mo on HNJellyvision Q&A with DHH & Jason Fried
JellyvisionLab
Recommended 1× on HN · 2014–2016
1 mo on HNEdsger Dijkstra interview
Hans Otten
Recommended 1× on HN · 2023–2024
1 mo on HNChris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages | Lex Fridman Podcast #131
Lex Fridman
Recommended 1× on HN · 2021–2025
1 mo on HNLamport on writing "Time, Clocks, and the Ordering of Events in a Distributed System"
Turing Awardee Clips
Recommended 1× on HN · 2023–2024
1 mo on HNRichard Wolff: Marxism and Communism | Lex Fridman Podcast #295
Lex Fridman
Recommended 1× on HN · 2022–2023
1 mo on HNHandmadeCon 2015 - Mike Acton
Molly Rocket
Recommended 1× on HN · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNTwo decades of Git: A conversation with creator Linus Torvalds
GitHub
Recommended 1× on HN · 2025–2026