Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2026, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2026, still worth watching: these 4 tech talks and lectures earned 17 recommendations across the years.
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3 mo on HNBuilding pi in a World of Slop — Mario Zechner
AI Engineer
Recommended 3× on HN · 2026–2026
2 mo on HNNicholas Carlini - Black-hat LLMs | [un]prompted 2026
unprompted
Recommended 9× on HN · 2026–2026
2 mo on HNHow We Diagnosed and Fixed the 2023 Voyager 1 Anomaly from 15 Billion Miles Away
Flight Software Workshop
Recommended 2× on HN · 2026–2026
2 mo on HNWe Are The Art | Brandon Sanderson’s Keynote Speech
Brandon Sanderson
Recommended 3× on HN · 2026–2026