BEST OF HACKER NEWS · 95 TALKS
This ranked list contains 95 Software practice, open source & careers talks from a 151-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Bret Victor The Future of Programming, Using Python to Code by Voice, and 🚀 TDD, Where Did It All Go Wrong (Ian Cooper). The broader topic archive has 1,000 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.
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12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about History of computing; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.
12 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2013–2025.
11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2018–2024.
11 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2016–2026.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2016–2022.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2023–2026.
10 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Functional programming; the recorded mentions span 2014–2024.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2014–2022.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.
8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2014–2023.
8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2018–2021.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Compilers, interpreters & program analysis; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Mental health & neurodiversity; the recorded mentions span 2013–2020.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Creative coding & generative art; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2016–2026.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Computer vision, speech & NLP; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software practice, open source & careers; the recorded mentions span 2011–2024.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Programming language design; the recorded mentions span 2012–2026.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Linux & open-source ecosystems; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Education & learning; the recorded mentions span 2019–2026.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Cloud, DevOps & reliability; the recorded mentions span 2020–2024.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2019–2025.
4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Management, leadership & organizations; the recorded mentions span 2019–2024.