talk · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Bret Victor The Future of Programming
Joey Reid · 12 HN recommenders · 11 recommendation months
Recommended by 12 Hacker News commenters across 11 months (2017–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 38 other talk videos tagged History of computing, the mean is 2.2 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 12 distinct HN recommenders, about 5.4× that mean. Recommendations span 11 distinct months, longer than the peer average of 2.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
60% of its 20 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 32 minutes 56 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2013-07-31.
- Channel / speaker
- Joey Reid
- Verified runtime
- 32m 56s
- YouTube upload date
- 2013-07-31
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other talk videos in History of computing. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Victor The Future of ProgrammingCurrent video | 12 | 11 | 60% | — | 32m 56s | 2013-07-31 |
| Alan Kay - Normal Considered Harmfultalk · powerfuloutlet | 10 | 11 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 67m 26s | 2012-03-25 |
| 34C3 - The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talktalk · media.ccc.de | 9 | 7 | 90% | No recorded overlap | 61m 42s | 2017-12-28 |
| Alan Kay, 2015: Power of Simplicitytalk · Kenneth Friedman | 6 | 7 | 37% | No recorded overlap | 51m 7s | 2015-08-10 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “A Eureka machine that thinks like nature and explores what AI cannot”. Its short rationale: Talk touching on alternatives to von Neumann style computing.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Choose Boring Technology and LLMs”. Its short rationale: Argues we can improve 60-year-old programming paradigms.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Bret Victor: Update July 2023”. Its short rationale: Insight into how Bret Victor thinks; a great talk.