BEST OF HACKER NEWS · 133 TALKS
This ranked list contains 133 C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages talks from a 161-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include Lexical Scanning in Go - Rob Pike, CppCon 2016: Jason Turner “Rich Code for Tiny Computers: A Simple Commodore 64 Game in C++17”, and CppCon 2017: Matt Kulukundis “Designing a Fast, Efficient, Cache-friendly Hash Table, Step by Step”. The broader topic archive has 1,202 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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13 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Compilers, interpreters & program analysis; the recorded mentions span 2012–2025.
13 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2016–2024.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Algorithms & data structures; the recorded mentions span 2018–2026.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Game programming & engines; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2026.
9 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2012–2025.
8 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.
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 C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2016–2025.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software performance & optimization; the recorded mentions span 2014–2024.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2020–2026.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Algorithms & data structures; the recorded mentions span 2019–2024.
7 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Compilers, interpreters & program analysis; the recorded mentions span 2018–2022.
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 Software architecture & design; the recorded mentions span 2017–2022.
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 C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2024–2026.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Operating systems & kernels; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.
6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.
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 Cryptography; the recorded mentions span 2014–2025.
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 C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languages; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.
5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Software performance & optimization; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.