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The Art of Code - Dylan Beattie

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Dylan Beattie's NDC London talk on code written for art, fun and curiosity rather than utility. It includes quines, live music programming with Sonic Pi, and a memorable closing.

HN regularly names it among the best programming talks ever, praising the storytelling, the demos and the ending.

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@doodpants2022-05 · in “An uroboros program with 100 programming languages”

This quine is discussed (among other topics) in The Art of Code[0], one of the most captivating tech talks I've ever seen. [0] ▶ this video

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@david_allison2022-03 · in “Overtone is live programmable music and visualization”

One of my favourite talks has a demonstration of FizzBuzz in Sonic Pi. It still blows me away ▶ this video - whole talk is worth a watch ▶ this video - timestamp

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@akritrime2020-12 · in “Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?”

For me, it was Art of Code by Dylan Beattie, but mostly because that talk has the best ending[0] I have seen. Also, introduced to me a side of programming that I instinctively knew existed but never sought out. [0]: ▶ this video

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@hans0l0742020-05 · in “Quines: self-replicating programs (2005)”

I watched this video recently: ▶ this video - and it's one of the best programming related ones I've seen in recent times. Really well presented as well - and he talks about various Quines - I won't spoil it for anyone.

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@WaffleIronMaker2023-07 · in “Unicode is harder than you think”

I also really enjoy Dylan Beattie's work. For those with some spare time, who might like to see a true "rockstar" programmer, you may like "The Art of Code"[0]. [0] ▶ this video

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