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Erlang The Movie II: The Sequel

gar1t · comedy · Watch on YouTube

Satire & parodyFunctional programming

What it is

A humorous 10-minute parody sequel to Erlang: The Movie, in which Erlang's creators discuss the aging language and meet a surprise helper. It plays on the Outlaw Techno Psychobitch joke for OTP.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN loves it as a funny, shorter sequel and even uses it to introduce Erlang in university classes.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2013, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “Don't think wtf. Just watch.”

    Classic Erlang parody sequel; just watch

    lelf, 2013-05 · Strong recommendation · in “Erlang's Open Telecom Platform (OTP) Framework [video]”

  2. “Erlang the Movie II", which I'd also highly recommend”

    Hilarious Erlang parody worth sharing

    davidw, 2016-10 · Strong recommendation · in “The State of JavaScript – Survey results”

  3. “I use Erlang the Movie and its Sequel whenever I teach my classes at Oxford Uni.”

    Used in university classes to teach Erlang

    francescoc, 2018-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Twenty Years of Open Source Erlang: A Retrospective from the trenches”

  4. “check out "Erlang The Movie II: The Sequel", by Garrett Smith (aka gar1t)”

    Sequel by gar1t, creator of MongoDB is Web Scale

    qohen, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “Erlang: The Movie”

  5. “The sequel is shorter and more fun”

    Shorter, funnier sequel to the original

    paulsutter, 2018-04 · Recommendation · in “What Erlang Taught Me About Distributed Systems”

  6. “I came here just to post another wonderful remix”

    Wonderful remix of the Erlang movie

    ubercow, 2019-04 · Recommendation · in “Erlang: The Movie [video]”

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Topics: erlang, otp, parody, programming humor, functional programming

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