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Programming is terrible—Lessons learned from a life wasted. EMF2012

tef ebooks · talk · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Tef's EMF 2012 talk on lessons from a career in programming, a candid and humorous look at why programming is so often terrible. Slides and a draft script are available online.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN lists it among its favorite programming talks and fantastic technical speeches.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2015, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “Both of these talks are in my top 5.”

    One of the commenter's top five programming talks

    hire_charts, 2016-02 · Strong recommendation · in “Rich Hickey Fanclub”

  2. “Here's a collection of some fantastic technical speeches”

    Among fantastic technical speeches worth watching

    jppope, 2018-07 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are the things keep in mind while giving/preparing for a tech talk?”

  3. “Included in a list of inspiring hacker talks”

    iwwr, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Inspiring hacker talks and presentations?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: programming, software craft, opinion, emf camp, abstractions

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