Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2026, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2026, still worth watching: these 787 tech talks and lectures earned 3136 recommendations across the years.
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10 mo on HNThe Ultimate Game Boy Talk (33c3)
media.ccc.de
Recommended 10× on HN · 2017–2026
10 mo on HNGrowing a Language, by Guy Steele
Bill Pugh
Recommended 11× on HN · 2014–2026
10 mo on HNUSENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
USENIX
Recommended 10× on HN · 2018–2026
10 mo on HNA Philosophy of Software Design | John Ousterhout | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
Recommended 11× on HN · 2018–2026
10 mo on HNDefcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part
killab66661
Recommended 6× on HN · 2012–2019
10 mo on HN"Uncle" Bob Martin - "The Future of Programming"
Paul Stringer's Mobile Tech
Recommended 10× on HN · 2016–2022
11 mo on HNThe Thirty Million Line Problem
Molly Rocket
Recommended 11× on HN · 2018–2024
10 mo on HNCppCon 2017: Matt Kulukundis “Designing a Fast, Efficient, Cache-friendly Hash Table, Step by Step”
CppCon
Recommended 9× on HN · 2018–2026
10 mo on HNEffective Programs - 10 Years of Clojure - Rich Hickey
ClojureTV
Recommended 10× on HN · 2017–2026
9 mo on HNBrian Goetz - Stewardship: the Sobering Parts
ClojureTV
Recommended 10× on HN · 2014–2025
9 mo on HNAWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon DynamoDB Deep Dive: Advanced Design Patterns for DynamoDB (DAT401)
Amazon Web Services
Recommended 12× on HN · 2019–2025
10 mo on HNThe Real Story Behind Wayland and X - Daniel Stone (linux.conf.au 2013)
Mladen Mijatov
Recommended 13× on HN · 2013–2026
10 mo on HNRuby Midwest 2011 - Keynote: Architecture the Lost Years by Robert Martin
Confreaks
Recommended 10× on HN · 2013–2022
9 mo on HNRustConf 2018 - Closing Keynote - Using Rust For Game Development by Catherine West
Rust Programming Language
Recommended 9× on HN · 2018–2023
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
9 mo on HNA Deep Dive into Nanite Virtualized Geometry
SIGGRAPH Advances in Real-Time Rendering
Recommended 7× on HN · 2021–2026
11 mo on HNHammock Driven Development - Rich Hickey
ClojureTV
Recommended 12× on HN · 2014–2024
9 mo on HNLISA11 - Fork Yeah! The Rise and Development of illumos
USENIX
Recommended 9× on HN · 2012–2026
8 mo on HNTech Talk: Linus Torvalds on git
Google
Recommended 9× on HN · 2007–2023
9 mo on HNJonathan Blow - How to program independent games - CSUA Speech
Alexandre Franco
Recommended 9× on HN · 2015–2026
10 mo on HNTim Ewald - Clojure: Programming with Hand Tools
ClojureTV
Recommended 9× on HN · 2014–2024
9 mo on HN"Turning the database inside out with Apache Samza" by Martin Kleppmann
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 9× on HN · 2015–2025
9 mo on HN"How NOT to Measure Latency" by Gil Tene
Strange Loop Conference
Recommended 9× on HN · 2015–2026
9 mo on HNRuby Conf 12 - Boundaries by Gary Bernhardt
Confreaks
Recommended 8× on HN · 2015–2024
10 mo on HNCppCon 2016: Jason Turner “Rich Code for Tiny Computers: A Simple Commodore 64 Game in C++17”
CppCon
Recommended 13× on HN · 2016–2024
9 mo on HNUSENIX ATC '21/OSDI '21 Joint Keynote Address-It's Time for Operating Systems to Rediscover Hardware
USENIX
Recommended 12× on HN · 2021–2026
9 mo on HNUsing Python to Code by Voice
Next Day Video
Recommended 12× on HN · 2013–2025
8 mo on HNClasp: Common Lisp using LLVM and C++ for Molecular Metaprogramming
Google TechTalks
Recommended 8× on HN · 2015–2024
8 mo on HN"Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)
ClojureTV
Recommended 9× on HN · 2021–2026
9 mo on HNIdeas about a new programming language for games.
Jonathan Blow
Recommended 7× on HN · 2014–2025
10 mo on HNHow to Do 90% of What Plugins Do (With Just Vim)
thoughtbot
Recommended 10× on HN · 2016–2025
9 mo on HNMike Monteiro: F*ck You, Pay Me
CreativeMornings HQ
Recommended 12× on HN · 2015–2026
9 mo on HNSpec-ulation Keynote - Rich Hickey
ClojureTV
Recommended 10× on HN · 2016–2024
9 mo on HNModern Dictionaries by Raymond Hettinger
SF Python
Recommended 9× on HN · 2016–2025
9 mo on HNCppCon 2014: Mike Acton "Data-Oriented Design and C++"
CppCon
Recommended 9× on HN · 2015–2026
9 mo on HN28c3: The Science of Insecurity
28c3
Recommended 9× on HN · 2012–2024