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Best Software architecture & design Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 147 Software architecture & design talks from a 171-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include RailsConf 2014 - All the Little Things by Sandi Metz, "Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011), and How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters. The broader topic archive has 1,469 labeled comments across 2009–2026, 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.

  1. 1
    RailsConf 2014 - All the Little Things by Sandi Metz

    15 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2025.

    15 recommenders
  2. 2
    "Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)

    14 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2022–2026.

    14 recommenders
  3. 3
    How To Design A Good API and Why it Matters

    12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2011–2025.

    12 recommenders
  4. 4
    Hammock Driven Development - Rich Hickey

    12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2014–2024.

    12 recommenders
  5. 5
    A Philosophy of Software Design | John Ousterhout | Talks at Google

    11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2018–2026.

    11 recommenders
  6. 6
    Casey Muratori – The Big OOPs: Anatomy of a Thirty-five-year Mistake – BSC 2025

    11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2025–2026.

    11 recommenders
  7. 7
    The Value of Values with Rich Hickey

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2014–2023.

    10 recommenders
  8. 8
    Solving Problems the Clojure Way - Rafal Dittwald

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.

    10 recommenders
  9. 9
    Alan Kay - Normal Considered Harmful

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Tech pioneers & interviews; the recorded mentions span 2012–2026.

    10 recommenders
  10. 10
    "Uncle" Bob Martin - "The Future of Programming"

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2016–2022.

    10 recommenders
  11. 11
    Effective Programs - 10 Years of Clojure - Rich Hickey

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.

    10 recommenders
  12. 12
    Brian Goetz - Stewardship: the Sobering Parts

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.

    10 recommenders
  13. 13
    Ruby Midwest 2011 - Keynote: Architecture the Lost Years by Robert Martin

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2013–2022.

    10 recommenders
  14. 14
    Spec-ulation Keynote - Rich Hickey

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2016–2024.

    10 recommenders
  15. 15
    The Language of the System - Rich Hickey

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2013–2025.

    10 recommenders
  16. 16
    "The Mess We're In" by Joe Armstrong

    10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.

    10 recommenders
  17. 17
    "Making Impossible States Impossible" by Richard Feldman

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.

    9 recommenders
  18. 18
    RustConf 2018 - Closing Keynote - Using Rust For Game Development by Catherine West

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Game programming & engines; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.

    9 recommenders
  19. 19
    Jonathan Blow - How to program independent games - CSUA Speech

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Indie game development; the recorded mentions span 2015–2026.

    9 recommenders
  20. 20
    "Simple Made Easy" - Rich Hickey (2011)

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2021–2026.

    9 recommenders
  21. 21
    CppCon 2014: Mike Acton "Data-Oriented Design and C++"

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2026.

    9 recommenders
  22. 22
    Pete Hunt: React: Rethinking best practices -- JSConf EU

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Web development; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.

    9 recommenders
  23. 23
    The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Multiple Dispatch | Stefan Karpinski | JuliaCon 2019

    9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.

    9 recommenders
  24. 24
    Ruby Conf 12 - Boundaries by Gary Bernhardt

    8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2015–2024.

    8 recommenders
  25. 25
    How I program C

    8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

    8 recommenders