BEST OF HACKER NEWS · 139 TALKS
This ranked list contains 139 Programming language design talks from a 190-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include How Python was Shaped by leaky Internals, Armin Ronacher, Flask framework, Maybe Not - Rich Hickey, and Why Isn't Functional Programming the Norm? – Richard Feldman. The broader topic archive has 1,422 labeled comments across 2007–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.
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15 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.
14 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.
12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2014–2026.
11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2009–2020.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Logic & formal methods; the recorded mentions span 2015–2026.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2022–2025.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2017–2023.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2016–2023.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2023.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2018–2024.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2018–2024.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2015–2023.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2020–2026.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2022–2024.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Distributed systems; the recorded mentions span 2016–2019.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2012–2026.