Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2021, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2021, still worth watching: these 1072 tech talks and lectures earned 3862 recommendations across the years.
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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
7 mo on HNZig: A programming language designed for robustness, optimality, and clarity – Andrew Kelley
Recurse Center
Recommended 6× on HN · 2018–2024
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
7 mo on HNExploring the Tech and Design of Noita
GDC Festival of Gaming
Recommended 7× on HN · 2020–2026
7 mo on HNA Talk Near the Future of Python (a.k.a., Dave live-codes a WebAssembly Interpreter)
David Beazley
Recommended 7× on HN · 2019–2025
8 mo on HNRails Conf 2012 Keynote: Simplicity Matters by Rich Hickey
Confreaks
Recommended 8× on HN · 2015–2024
7 mo on HNMastering the Vim Language
thoughtbot
Recommended 5× on HN · 2016–2026
8 mo on HNCasey Muratori – The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-five-year Mistake – BSC 2025
Better Software Conference
Recommended 11× on HN · 2025–2026
6 mo on HNThe Art of Code - Dylan Beattie
NDC Conferences
Recommended 6× on HN · 2020–2024
8 mo on HNBreaking the x86 Instruction Set
Black Hat
Recommended 9× on HN · 2017–2022
6 mo on HNFunctional Composition - Chris Ford
ClojureTV
Recommended 6× on HN · 2013–2023
7 mo on HNAlan Kay, 2015: Power of Simplicity
Kenneth Friedman
Recommended 6× on HN · 2015–2025
6 mo on HNWhat your Differential Pairs Wish You Knew with Rick Hartley - AltiumLive Keynote
Altium
Recommended 5× on HN · 2021–2026
8 mo on HNGuarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, Microsoft
Platform Security Summit
Recommended 8× on HN · 2019–2026
7 mo on HNGoogle Self-Driving Car Project | SXSW Interactive 2016
SXSW
Recommended 2× on HN · 2016–2018
7 mo on HNDomain Modeling Made Functional - Scott Wlaschin
NDC Conferences
Recommended 6× on HN · 2018–2024
7 mo on HN'Diablo': A Classic Game Postmortem
GDC Festival of Gaming
Recommended 8× on HN · 2018–2023
7 mo on HNAnimations of unseeable biology | Drew Berry | TED
TED
Recommended 7× on HN · 2017–2025
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 HNDEF CON 26 - Svea, Suggy, Till - Inside the Fake Science Factory
DEFCONConference
Recommended 5× on HN · 2018–2025
7 mo on HNMiguel de Icaza: Swift Godot: Fixing the Multi-million dollar mistake #GodotCon2023
Godot Engine
Recommended 6× on HN · 2023–2026
7 mo on HNQuakeCon 2012 - John Carmack Keynote
QuakeCon Official
Recommended 6× on HN · 2012–2018
7 mo on HNMountainWest RubyConf 2013 Devs and Depression by Greg Baugues
Confreaks
Recommended 7× on HN · 2013–2020
6 mo on HNA New Way to look at Networking
Google
Recommended 6× on HN · 2011–2018
6 mo on HNChris McCord - Keynote: Phoenix LiveView - Interactive Apps without Javascript - ElixirConf EU 2019
Code Sync
Recommended 4× on HN · 2019–2024
6 mo on HNOAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (in plain English)
OktaDev
Recommended 7× on HN · 2019–2026
7 mo on HNJonathan Blow: Game design: the medium is the message
CreativeMornings HQ
Recommended 7× on HN · 2013–2020
6 mo on HNThe Road to Zig 1.0 - Andrew Kelley
ChariotSolutions
Recommended 5× on HN · 2019–2025
6 mo on HNHow not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling
TED
Recommended 5× on HN · 2015–2023