Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018

Why HN readers recommended it

HN people recommend it as a reading list of historical CS ideas worth knowing, and as a favorite among Armstrong's talks, especially after his death.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Code Sync

Topic

history of computing ideas

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2018–2022

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Ted Nelson's Computers for Cynics probably doesn't contain technical information that's new to any of you, but Ted has a knack for reframing things in ways that make the arbitrariness of certain historical decisions clear: [LINK] On the subject of hypertext, The Web That Wasn't …

• I love any talk with Joe Armstrong or Alan Kay in it. Joe Armstrong - Keynote: The Forgotten Ideas in Computer Science - Code BEAM SF 2018 [VIDEO]

• This is so sad. RIP Joe. I'll miss him so much. Erlang is one of the most Perlis languages for me. I'm always a little bit cynical and think Erlang deserve more attention. Several months ago Joe post this tweet about a game company refused …